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First Baltic Sea voyage for Russia’s 4th generation multi-purpose sub

The "Severodvinsk" sailed Danish waters Tuesday morning en route from the Kola Peninsula to St. Petersburg where the submarine will be on display at the Naval Parade.
July 19, 2022

Northern Fleet sabotage-reconnaissance group eliminated, claims Ukraine Intelligence Agency

Russia has lost soldiers from the Northern Fleet’s 140th special purpose detachment in Vidyaevo after the group was hit by Ukrainian defenders in the Kharkiv region.
July 18, 2022

More Russian GPS jamming than ever across border to Norway

Four passenger aircraft have over the last few days lost GPS signals when flying in Norway’s northeastern region. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, jamming has been registered more than 20 days.
July 09, 2022

World’s longest nuclear submarine handed over to the Russian Navy

The "Belgorod" special purpose submarine, carrier of the so-called doomsday Poseidon drones, will be in experimental operation with the Northern Fleet before later to serve in the Pacific Fleet.
July 08, 2022

Army seeks more north Russian men for Ukraine war

A recent youth festival in Murmansk promoted teenage culture and career opportunities. It was also a venue for recruitment of more troops for military operations.
July 08, 2022

Tsirkon-armed Russian frigate sails coast of Norway

The Russian warship has been followed by Norway’s Armed Forces on its voyages southbound from the Barents Sea to the North Sea where it is west of Stavanger Tuesday evening.
July 05, 2022

Russian National Team ice hockey goalie with Finnish citizenship is forced into military service in remote North

25 year old sportsman Ivan Fedotov was born in Finland and has a Finnish passport, but that did not prevent the Russian Military Commissariat from detaining him and sending him towards a garrison in the Russian North.
July 04, 2022

200th Motorized Rifle Brigade sends mixed volunteer battalion to Ukraine war

A new ad-hoc battalion currently training in the Pechenga valley near Russia's border with Norway consists of reservists, volunteers, soldiers from coastal defense units, military policemen and navy crew members.
July 04, 2022

Pro-Russian hacker group says it attacked Norway

“Good morning Norway! - All squads at battle,” was the short message the Killnet cyber attack cluster posted via its Telegram channel Wednesday morning. The announcement was framed by a manipulated photo of Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt, by the hackers named “Mrs. Error”.
June 29, 2022

The U.S Los Angeles-class sub that was redesigned to a Russian Delta has lost its "Z"

Someone removed the Nazi-inspired war symbol from the mural in Russian Navy town Gadzhievo.
June 29, 2022

Aid on the way: Murmansk sends toilet paper, underpants, uniforms to warriors in Ukraine

According to the leader of a major relief effort organised in Murmansk, the Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine are starving and often do not have proper clothes and shoes.
June 27, 2022

Satellite images reveal construction of Russian radar to track stealthy F-35

The 360-degree sector of the new Rezonans-NE radar occupies an area of 100 x 100 meters and is said to have capabilities to provide early warning and target tracking against stealth aircraft like the F-35 that both Norway and Finland will operate in the airspace west of the Kola Peninsula.
June 27, 2022

Nikolai Patrushev: border to Nordic countries must be strengthened

The protection of national interests in the border areas is gaining extraordinary importance, says Secretary of Russia's Security Council.
June 24, 2022

Amid Moscow's bloody onslaught, north Russian leader says he is ready to rebuild occupied land

Governor Vladimir Uyba and his Komi Republic might get responsibility for rebuilding of healthcare in Luhansk.
June 22, 2022

Norwegian military vehicles take new transit corridor via Finnish Lapland

The transport route via Finnish Lapland took place only hours after the Norwegian Parliament approved a welcome of Finland and Sweden to join NATO.
June 17, 2022

The U.S attack submarine in Russian Navy base Gadzhievo has been repainted to a Russian sub carrying a "Z"

"What a splendid mural has appeared in Gadzhievo," regional Governor Andrei Chibis exclaims after painters hastily redesigned the house wall in the Northern Fleet base.
June 17, 2022

Abandoned military airport on Kola will be reconstructed

As part of a major upgrade of Northern Fleet airstrips in the European Arctic, the Severomorsk-2 that was shut down in 1998 will now be reconstructed and reopened.
June 13, 2022

Russia's most potent submarine base is decorated with large painting of U.S attack sub

Local authorities wanted to give downtown Gadzhievo a much-needed facelift, but the painting of an American attack submarine on a local house wall soon sparked outrage.
June 09, 2022

Norway closes General Consulate in Murmansk

"It will be reopened as soon as the situation allows for it," the Norwegian Foreign Ministry says.
June 08, 2022

Three nations - one mission. The new NATO in the North

In joint training above the skies along the coastline to the North Atlantic, Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish fighter jets demonstrate what will be NATO’s new powerful capacities in the north.
June 03, 2022

Murmansk governor brings 'fight against Fascism' to Russian North

Andrei Chibis compares Russia's war against Ukraine with the Soviet battle against Nazi Germany, celebrates his regional troops in the 'special operation' and warns against foreign 'unfriendly actions' in the North.
May 30, 2022

Russian navy launched hypersonic missile from the Barents Sea

The test missile was said to hit a target about 1,000 km away, making it the longest test-shooting of the new Tsirkon missile so far.
May 28, 2022

Finland’s first F-35s will be based up north

Lapland Air Command in Rovaniemi will get the first new F-35 fighter jets in 2026.
May 28, 2022

Huge Russian weapons testing playground again overlaps into Norwegian economic zone

The Russian navy closes off huge areas at sea and in air for what could be another testing of the hypersonic Tsirkon missile.
May 27, 2022

Russia outlines militarization of fishing fleet and icebreakers

The country's revised Marine Doctrine includes a high stress on use of civilian ships and infrastructure for military purposes.
May 24, 2022

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