Moscow views the Arctic as a key area in global competition between states, and its growing activity, including missile tests in the Far North, confirms this.
Ukraine's National Antarctic Scientific Center (NASC) and the Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences have signed an agreement to conduct joint scientific research in the Arctic and Antarctic.
The European Union supports Denmark's sovereignty and the people of Greenland, and threats from the United States do not contribute to dialogue or to improving security in the Arctic.
The Kremlin is expanding its military presence in the Arctic and preparing a foothold for resource-driven expansion, according to Andrii Cherniak, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense.