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The ship operating under the stewardship of the Yamal-Nenets region is one of three vessels reportedly hit in this weekend's massive Ukrainian attack on occupied naval base Sevastopol. A significant number of sailors from the far northern Russian region has served on the vessel.

At least four Tu-95MS strategic bombers from Olenya Air Base south of Murmansk took part in a new massive wave of air strikes against Ukraine Sunday morning. One Russian cruise missile entered the air space of Poland.

Konstantin Kabantsov is likely to take over the top post in Russia's most powerful naval force, the Northern Fleet.

"The situation out there and the needs here home makes it necessary to now strengthen our Armed Forces," says PM Jonas Gahr Støre. The country's defence spending will reach two percent of GDP in 2024, two years ahead of original schedule.

The settlement of Zelenoborsky has lost six of its men in the war against Ukraine. One of the killed soldiers was only 19 years old.

March 7 became historic as all Nordic countries now are members of the North Atlantic Alliance. It happens simultaneously as thousands of Finnish and Swedish soldiers cross the border to Norway's Finnmark region for NATO's largest Arctic exercise so far north ever.

The launch was expected and comes less than a day after Putin bragged about Russia’s nuclear weapons capabilities in his annual state of the nation speech.

The Russian citizen was fined and expelled from Norway, the police in Finnmark inform.

Pilots flying the Finnmark region see a sharp spike in disturbances of navigation caused by Russian electronic warfare units located on the Kola Peninsula.

The parliament in Hungary will vote on ratification of Swedish NATO membership on Monday. Formal flag raising for the North Atlantic Alliance’s 32nd member will take place outside the Headquarters in Brussels within a week or two.

Roman Fyodorov headed the 200th Motorised Rifle Brigade in Pechenga before he recently took over the command of the nearby 61st Naval Infantry Brigade in Sputnik. In late 2023, he was awarded the order Hero of Russia for his participation of the onslaught on Ukraine.

Armed with F-35, Merlin and Wildcat helicopters, the carrier will take a lead role in Norway’s large-scale allied winter exercise Nordic Response.