Conflict Dispatch

🇺🇸🇬🇱🇪🇺 BREAKING: A letter from Donald Trump was forwarded to multiple European ambassadors. It reiterates further US threats against Greenland.

Trump says that because he did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize, he “no longer feels an obligation to think purely of peace.”

🇺🇸🇬🇱🇪🇺 NEW: More than 200 troops are currently deployed in Greenland, with over 100 soldiers in Nuuk and another 100 in Kangerlussuaq, according to Arctic Command chief Søren Andersen. He said numbers will fluctuate during the year, and confirmed French special forces arrived.

🇺🇸🇬🇱🇪🇺 BREAKING: EU considers €93bn ($108bn) in retaliatory tariffs and possible market restrictions on US firms after Donald Trump threatened NATO allies with tariffs over his push to take control of Greenland, FT reports.

🇺🇸🇬🇱🇪🇺 BREAKING: Joint statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom regarding Greenland

🇩🇪🇩🇰🇬🇱 JUST IN: Germany will deploy reconnaissance troops to Greenland on Thursday, following similar moves by Sweden and Norway, after US President Donald Trump renewed calls for US control of the island.

🇸🇪🇩🇰🇬🇱 BREAKING: Swedish Armed Forces officers arrived in Greenland today as part of a multinational allied group, at Denmark’s request, to prepare upcoming phases of the Danish exercise Operation Arctic Endurance, per Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 BREAKING: Four Greek-managed oil tankers were hit by drones near Russia’s CPC terminal in the Black Sea while waiting to load Kazakh oil. No injuries were reported, but the attacks further disrupted exports already cut after a November strike.

🇬🇧🇨🇳 BREAKING: China is reportedly planning to build a secret underground room that could be used to spy on the UK at the site of its controversial 'super embassy' in London. It includes hidden underground rooms beside key city data cables, per Daily Mail.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 JUST IN: Overnight, Russia launched 18 ballistic missiles, 7 Iskander-K cruise missiles, and 293 drones at Ukraine.

Air defenses downed or jammed 247 targets, while impacts were recorded at 24 locations.

🇺🇸 BREAKING: Pentagon secretly bought and tested a backpack-sized device emitting pulsed radio waves, suspected by some investigators to be linked to Havana Syndrome, per CNN.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 JUST IN: Russian losses on 12 Jan 2026 are estimated at 950 personnel, 3 tanks, 7 IFVs, 51 artillery systems, 2 MLRS, and 145 vehicles. Fighting intensity fell, but Russia resumed armored assaults, per Ukraine’s General Staff.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 NEW: Russian forces struck residential areas of a Kharkiv suburb overnight, killing four civilians and injuring six. 30 people were rescued from rubble as operations continue, per Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 BREAKING: Trump is weighing airstrikes against Iran over deadly crackdowns on protesters while exploring renewed diplomacy. Tehran signals readiness for talks, even as security forces intensify repression nationwide.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 WATCH: Ukrainian UAVs attacked Taganrog in Russia’s Rostov region, with locals reporting strikes near the Atlant Aero plant. Regional authorities confirmed an air attack and air defenses in action. The facility produces components for combat drones and EW systems.

🇺🇸🇬🇱 NEW: European states, led by the UK and Germany, are discussing a NATO Arctic mission and possible troop presence in Greenland after Trump reiterated threats to take the island.

🇪🇺 NEW: EU Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius says Europe should consider a 100,000-strong standing army and overhaul defense decision-making, warning that fragmented national forces leave the bloc vulnerable.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 BREAKING: US President Trump announced 25% tariffs on countries doing business with Iran

🇺🇦🇷🇺 WATCH: Ukraine struck multiple substations in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region, from Makiivka to Mariupol, leading to power outages.

🇷🇴🇲🇩 NEW: Moldova’s President says she’d vote for reunification with Romania if a referendum were held, citing Russia’s pressure, but admits most Moldovans oppose the move, with EU membership seen as the more realistic path.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 BREAKING: The US has issued a security alert for Iran, urging Americans to leave immediately, avoid protests, and prepare for communications and transport disruptions.

🇺🇸🇺🇦 JUST IN: Zelensky and Trump plan to sign a $800B, 10-year postwar reconstruction deal in Davos, mixing loans, grants, and private investment, giving US firms priority access to Ukraine’s resources, per The Telegraph.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 BREAKING: The US seized the oil tanker Olina in the Caribbean, the fifth vessel intercepted under its Venezuela oil blockade. The ship was falsely flagged and had sailed from Venezuela amid efforts to curb sanctioned exports.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 NEW: Ukraine calls an emergency UN Security Council meeting after Russia’s Oreshnik strike on the Lviv region, warning the attack near EU and NATO borders threatens all of Europe.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇻🇪🇷🇺 JUST IN: Russia informally hinted in 2019 it would let the US act freely in Venezuela if the US let Russia have a free hand in Ukraine, a proposal the US rejected, says former Trump adviser Fiona Hill.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 WATCH: Russia conducted a Oreshnik IRBM strike on Lviv, with MIRV impacts visible. Ukrainian Air Force says the missile reached ~13,000 km/h on a ballistic trajectory.

🇮🇷 NEW: Opposition channels in Iran report that up to 50 civilians were killed by Iranian security forces in Fardis, located approximately 50 kilometers from Tehran.

🇮🇷 NEW: Real-time monitoring shows Iran is experiencing a nationwide internet blackout, following digital censorship linked to escalating protests in Tehran and other cities.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 WATCH: Trump said the US plans to seize billions of dollars’ worth of Venezuelan oil, potentially much more over time, and will meet major oil executives tomorrow to discuss next steps.

🇺🇸🇲🇽 WATCH: Trump says the US will begin land strikes against drug cartels in Mexico

🇺🇸🇻🇪 BREAKING: DNI Tulsi Gabbard was excluded from US planning to capture Maduro over her anti-interventionist and anti-Western views, with aides joking “DNI” meant “do not invite.” VP Vance denies she was sidelined.