Trump hands Putin ‘the prize he’s always wanted’ over Greenland & Ukraine’s robot machine gunner ‘held off Russia for six weeks’

Day 1,425.


Today, amid the gravest crisis for the transatlantic alliance in
decades over the fate of Greenland, we examine the implications
of Russia considering strikes on substations supplying Ukraine’s
nuclear power plants. Then we assess the options available to
NATO allies seeking to placate President Donald Trump, before
hearing about a Ukrainian robot that supposedly held the line
against Russian troops for 45 days, and offering an update on how
Moscow is deploying Orthodox nuns as an instrument of hybrid
warfare.


Contributors


Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley
on X.


Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence).
@DomNicholls on X.


James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.


Verity Bowman (Foreign Correspondent). @VerityBowman on
X.


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CONTENT REFERENCED:


Trump: Taking Greenland is revenge for losing Nobel Peace Prize
(The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/19/trump-taking-greenland-is-revenge-for-no-nobel-peace-prize/ 


Pro-Putin spy nuns infiltrating Sweden (The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/18/pro-putin-spy-nuns-infiltrating-sweden/


James Rothwell’s Sweden Dispatch (The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/15/sweden-trump-exaggerating-putin-threat-greenland-denmark/ 


Denmark ‘will shoot first and ask questions later’ over Greenland
(The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/07/denmark-usa-trump-shoot-first-ask-questions-later-greenland/ 


Ukraine’s robot machine gunner held off Russia for six weeks (The
Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/16/ukraines-robot-machine-gunner-that-held-off-russia-weeks/ 


The Ukrainian billionaire whose battalion delivered a blow to
Putin (The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/17/ukrainian-billionaire-battalion-blow-putin/ 


‘America vs. the World’ (The Atlantic):


https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/03/trump-national-security-greenland-spheres-of-interest/685673/ 


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