EU unveils new Arctic security strategy with satellite surveillance and icebreakers as Russia reopens Soviet-era military bases

'The tectonic plates of geopolitics are colliding,' European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen told reporters in Strasbourg. The plan, drawn up with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, is Brussels' first Arctic update since 2021. It includes undersea cable monitoring and help for member states to buy icebreakers. It follows Donald Trump's attempt to acquire Greenland, a territory of Denmark.

The strategy still commits the EU to keeping Arctic oil, coal and gas in the ground.

The US gets only a handful of mentions in the 20-page paper, while Canada gets almost two dozen.

EU officials warn Russia keeps a large concentration of nuclear weapons on the Kola Peninsula.