Denmark leads military exercise in Greenland amid wariness toward Russia and tensions with U.S.

Denmark leads military exercise in Greenland amid wariness toward Russia and tensions with U.S. World Sep 16, 2025 2:11 PM EDT

NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Denmark is leading a military exercise with hundreds of troops from several European NATO members in Greenland, a maneuver that coincides with months of tensions over the Trump administration’s desire for U.S. jurisdiction over the vast Arctic territory.

The Arctic Light 2025 exercise, which follows maneuvers with identical or similar titles in previous years, involves more than 550 service members from Denmark and NATO allies France, Germany, Sweden and Norway, according to the Danish military.

The chief of Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command pointed to wariness toward Russia as a “regional superpower” in the far north and highlighted what h