Ukraine's army, with about a million troops, should form the backbone of a prospective European joint forces, President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists on Jan. 23. The statement comes after Zelensky reiterated on Jan.

By Victoria Waldersee ZURICH, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Spain is urging the EU to move towards creating a joint army for the bloc as a deterrence measure, Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said in comments to Reuters on Wednesday ahead of a day of meetings in Davos.

Troops from several European countries, including France, Germany, Norway and Sweden, are arriving in Greenland after talks between Denmark, Greenland and the U.S. on Wednesday highlighted disagreement.

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Jan. 20 reiterated his call for the creation of a joint European armed force of at least 3 million personnel. "Russia plans to have an army of 2 to 2.5 million personnel by 2030.

Spain is calling for a joint European Union army as a deterrence measure, its foreign minister Jose Manuel Albares told Reuters, ahead of an emergency EU meeting on Thursday in response to U.S. President Trump's threat to take over Greenland.

MINSK, 5 January (BelTA) – The creation of a unified European army is impossible, Editor-in-Chief of the Words and Meanings almanac Elena Kondratieva-Salguero (France) said in a recent episode of BelTA’s YouTube project “V teme” [On Point].

Last September, all of these nations participated in Arctic Light, a military exercise intended to strengthen the operational readiness of the Danish Armed Forces and NATO in and around Greenland.

The idea of creating European Armed Forces belongs to Ukraine and was proposed to partners as an element of strengthening the continent's security, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says in response to journalists' questions.