Europe tensions over Greenland as possibly helping to achieve its long-sought goal of weakening NATO, but Donald Trump’s second administration has also frustrated Russian plans on Ukraine and other fronts.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the future of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region will be a key focus as negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States meet in Abu Dhabi on Friday for talks to end Russia’s nearly four-year full scale invasion

The debate around the Arctic is becoming hotter than ever as US President Donald Trump insists Greenland should become part of the United States. Security, shipping routes and mineral wealth are all in the mix.

The United States is accusing Russia of a “dangerous and inexplicable escalation” of the nearly four-year war in Ukraine at a time when the Trump administration is trying to advance negotiations toward peace.

U.S. and European officials say they are unaware of any intelligence that shows China and Russia are endangering the island, which is protected by the NATO security umbrella.

Russia reports no dedicated negotiations with United States prior to New START treaty’s February expiry. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted Moscow awaits formal response to President Putin’s proposal for one year voluntary extension,

EADaily, January 18th, 2026. The US State Department has actually launched a new round of information confrontation with Russia, choosing Kazakhstan as a platform, Asian Express says.