The media reported that Denmark had sent a Soviet ship to Greenland as a "barracks"
Denmark has sent the Ocean Endeavour cruise ship, a former Soviet ferry named Konstantin Simonov, to the shores of Greenland to accommodate soldiers on it. This was reported by Bild on January 28.
It is specified that the ship is to become a floating barracks for 150 Danish and international soldiers who took part in the Arctic Endurance exercises in Greenland.
It is specified that the cruise ship was rented in order to avoid additional burden on hotels in Nuuk. The ship has everything you need for a comfortable stay: a restaurant, three recreation areas, an observation deck, a library, a sauna, a heated outdoor saltwater pool and common rooms.
On January 25, Reuters reported that the United States had not abandoned plans for a military takeover of Greenland. US President Donald Trump and representatives of his administration have doubled down on the possibility of using force, such statements have caused confusion and alarm in Washington and among allies, the media said.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, in an interview with The New York Times on January 27, reported that Copenhagen does not rule out a possible revision of the 1951 defense agreement with Washington, according to which the United States could build its military bases in Greenland.
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