NATO chief urges Europe to keep Ukraine top priority amid Greenland talk

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said in Davos on Wednesday that helping Ukraine defend against Russian aggression should be Europe’s 'No. 1 priority' and warned that attention on Greenland risked overshadowing the war. Rutte cautioned against complacency as peace efforts continue and noted that the European Union has promised 90 billion euros ($105 billion) in funding to Kyiv over the next two years.

He said the Russians are losing 1,000 troops a day but are escalating the fight and added that Ukraine is running out of interceptors to shoot down Russian missiles, urging European countries to boost their military industries to meet Ukraine’s needs and NATO’s targets. Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki, speaking on the same panel, agreed that the war on Poland’s border remains "the main problem in Europe nowadays" and said he was not afraid that the Greenland situation would make them forget Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelensky canceled plans to go to Davos to deal with damage to Ukraine’s power and heating infrastructure from recent Russian attacks. There were reports that President Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, would travel to Russia to meet President Vladimir V. Putin on Thursday; Witkoff mentioned the possibility in an interview with CNBC and Tass quoted a Kremlin official as saying the meeting was on Mr.

Putin’s schedule. U.S. and Ukrainian officials, with European advice, have been preparing a peace proposal to present to Mr.

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