https://www.scmp.com/rss/522682/feed The latest news and top stories on Alexus Grynkewich, a United States Air Force General. He currently serves as Commander, U.S. European Command and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), a role he assumed in July 2025. Previously, he was Director for Operations, Joint Staff, and commanded Air Forces Central, overseeing air operations across 21 nations. A seasoned F-16 and F-22 pilot, he has commanded at multiple levels and held key staff positions, advising on military strategy and... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Reuters Reuters Nato said on Wednesday that it had launched a mission to strengthen its presence in the Arctic, part of an effort to defuse severe tensions within the alliance prompted by US President Donald Trump’s push for the US to acquire Greenland. The new mission, Arctic Sentry, will coordinate an increasing military presence of Nato allies in the region, including exercises such as Denmark’s Arctic Endurance on Greenland, the ‌alliance’s military headquarters said in a statement. Nato did not quantify... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3343235/nato-launches-arctic-sentry-mission-bid-ease-greenland-tensions-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3343235/nato-launches-arctic-sentry-mission-bid-ease-greenland-tensions-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:44:52 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Nato said on Tuesday that military planning has started for a new mission to bolster security in the Arctic, after US President Donald Trump made protecting the region central to his demands for Greenland. “Planning is under way for a Nato enhanced vigilance activity, named Arctic Sentry,” said Martin O’Donnell, a spokesman for Nato’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. “The activity will even further strengthen Nato’s posture in the Arctic and High North,” he added, without providing... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342290/nato-starts-planning-arctic-military-mission-amid-greenland-row-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342290/nato-starts-planning-arctic-military-mission-amid-greenland-row-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:02:32 +0000 Reuters Reuters Nato announced plans to strengthen the defence of Europe’s eastern flank on Friday, two days after Poland shot down drones that had violated its airspace in the first known action of its kind by a member of the Western alliance during Russia’s war in Ukraine. Warsaw has portrayed the drone incursions as an attempt by Russia to test the capabilities of Poland and Nato to respond. On Friday, Poland rejected Donald Trump’s suggestion that the incursions could have been a mistake, a rare... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3325409/nato-boosts-defence-europes-eastern-flank-after-poland-shoots-down-russian-drones?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3325409/nato-boosts-defence-europes-eastern-flank-after-poland-shoots-down-russian-drones?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Sep 2025 23:16:50 +0000 Reuters Reuters US and European military planners have begun exploring post-conflict security guarantees for Ukraine, US officials and sources said on Tuesday, following US President Donald Trump’s pledge to help protect the country under any deal to end Russia’s war. Ukraine and its European allies have been buoyed by Trump’s promise during a summit on Monday of security guarantees for Kyiv, but many questions remain unanswered. Officials said that the Pentagon is carrying out planning exercises on the support... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322434/us-nato-planners-start-craft-ukraine-security-guarantee-options?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322434/us-nato-planners-start-craft-ukraine-security-guarantee-options?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Aug 2025 23:48:57 +0000 Khushboo Razdan Khushboo Razdan The South China Morning Post’s live blog for the Trump-Putin summit is online. Check it out now for updates on the talks and ground reports from Anchorage. The highly anticipated talks between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, ended without a deal and without clear answers – only broad assurances from both sides that the summit was “productive” and that progress had been made towards peace in Ukraine. Addressing a joint press conference... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3322061/trump-putin-soon-sit-down-high-stakes-ukraine-talks-alaska?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3322061/trump-putin-soon-sit-down-high-stakes-ukraine-talks-alaska?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:56:05 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Russia unleashed one of its largest aerial assaults on Ukraine in recent months, hours before Britain and Germany chaired a meeting on Monday to discuss US President Donald Trump’s plans for Nato allies to provide Ukraine with weapons. The drone and missile attack on Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, killed two people and wounded 15, including a 12-year-old, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said. The deadly assault underscored the urgency of Ukraine’s need for further Western military aid,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3319070/russia-launches-major-aerial-attack-kyiv-hours-talks-support-ukraine?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3319070/russia-launches-major-aerial-attack-kyiv-hours-talks-support-ukraine?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Jul 2025 23:34:07 +0000