As NATO prepares for war games around Greenland, Russia is highlighting the Trump administration's disagreement with its closest allies over the island.

The poll of NATO member states showed median approval of China’s leadership rising and that of Washington falling in 2025.

The 1st Battalion of the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment is serving as Nato's Forward Land Forces Strategic Reserve (FLF), meaning that should the call come in, the battalion would be ready to fight in as little as 10 days alongside Nato forces from around the world.

A raft of European countries could face a one-notch credit rating downgrade if tensions with the U.S. over Greenland fracture NATO and raise the prospect of more trouble with Russia, Fitch's top sovereign analyst said on Thursday.

Greenland’s government said it will intensify efforts to ensure the island’s defenses are managed within the NATO military alliance, pushing back on renewed threats from the US about taking over the territory.

Nato should "double down" on Arctic security to defend the region from Russian aggression, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has told the BBC. On a visit to British forces in northern Norway, she said the alliance should establish a combined operation - known as Arctic Sentry - to defend the region, just as it does in the Baltic Sea.

The NATO security alliance that has protected Europe for decades finds itself with limited power to determine its own fate due to President Donald Trump’s desire for U.S. ownership of Greenland. Since Trump revived his ambition to claim the semi-autonomous Danish territory after the U.

U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated threats to take control of Greenland are straining relations with NATO allies.

A group of bipartisan lawmakers introduced legislation to block President Donald Trump from invading a NATO country or territory, including Greenland.

Russia said on Thursday that NATO's talk of Russia and China being a threat to Greenland was a myth designed to artificially whip up hysteria and that what it called the Western alliance's policy of escalating confrontation in the Arctic was extremely dangerous.

The treaty that created NATO did not contemplate an attack by one ally on another. A seizure of Greenland by President Trump would test the endurance of the mutual-defense pact.