Denmark Warns ‘Aggressive’ Russian Behavior Could Trigger Arctic Confrontation

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has also told the Financial Times her country would have to tear up a defense funding plan drawn up earlier this year.

The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (foreground) and Royal Danish Navy support ship HDMS Absalon exercise off the coast of Greenland on Aug. 16, 2019. U.S. Navy/Jessica L. Dowell

Denmark, a NATO member that provides security for Greenland, has warned that “aggressive” Russian behavior has increased the risk of a military confrontation with Moscow in the Arctic.

An annual report by the Danish Defence Intelligence Service, published this week, said Russia was adopting a riskier approach in the Arctic Circle amid minimal levels of international cooperation.