Vladimir Putin’s attack dog Dmitry Rogozin has mocked Britain for sending only one member of a defence force to protect Greenland. The scorn from Russia came as Europe sent a 30-strong force to the world’s largest island amid fears that Donald Trump would seize the NATO territory by force.

Rogozin questioned whether the single British officer sent to Greenland was 007 agent James Bond. The close Putin ally said: “If I were Trump, I wouldn’t just be offended — I’d be insulted. Against Vladimir Putin and Russia, it seems, they need to gather 15,000 rifles, armour, artillery, budgets, summits, a ‘coalition of the willing’ plus 33 folders of resolutions. But against Trump and the US – just 30 people. Thirty! They couldn’t even scrape together 40. Apparently, it was too embarrassing. And it’s not even known if they’re men or women.”

It showed that Europe believed Trump was “500 times weaker than Putin” and that the US leader would “chicken out in front of these 30 Spartans”.

“By the way, Britain decided not to skimp and contributed to the defence of Greenland.

“For every two Norwegians and 13 Germans, they’re sending one [1 person] Brit.

“One. Without replacements. Without reinforcements. Probably with a thermos and a sense of duty.

“Or maybe it’s James Bond and his girls? 29 girls to keep Bond warm in Greenland. One for every February day/night.

West-hating Rogozin, 62, is a Russian senator illegally appointed by Putin to represent part of occupied Ukraine.

He is a former Deputy Prime Minister, ex-head of the Russian Space Agency, and was once the Kremlin’s representative at NATO headquarters in Brussels.

Earlier, Rogozin warned that Trump’s real motive in owning Greenland is to station intercontinental missiles under the ice, which will lead to “the beginning of the end of the world”.

“This is the problem: the US, led by an eccentric, may convince themselves that, finally, thanks to the annexation of Greenland and the deployment there of components of the command and control system for strategic offensive weapons, they have achieved nuclear superiority over Russia and China.

“This will be the beginning of the end of the world.!