Claus Mathiesen (@clausmat1)
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Robin Birkedal 🇩🇰 🇺🇦 (@RobinBirkedal)
RT @katha1502 (K.G. 🇩🇪🇵🇱🇺🇦): ARCTIC ALERT: Norway’s defence minister warns — Russia is building up on the Kola Peninsula for a showdown with NATO Norway’s Defence Minister Tore O. Sandvik warns in an interview that Russia is concentrating weapons, nuclear-capable forces and attack submarines, and testing new systems in the Arctic, focused on the Kola Peninsula (close to Norway). That’s where Russia’s Northern Fleet and parts of its nuclear arsenal are based. Sandvik’s assessment: Moscow aims for naval dominance in the Arctic and, in a crisis, to cut NATO’s resupply routes. Whoever controls these Arctic chokepoints can hinder access to the North Atlantic. Russia has for years been modernising bases and fleet elements around Kola (e.g., submarine facilities), while NATO countries are ramping up anti-submarine warfare (ASW), including new Norwegian ASW frigates, to track Russian submarines and keep sea lanes open. Source (interview): The Telegraph, 24 October 2025, interview with Defence Minister Tore O. Sandvik. (Summaries/reprints also appeared via Yahoo/AOL.) #Arctic #Kola #NorthernFleet #NATO #GIUK #BearGap #BarentsSea #Russia #Norway #Security
Claus Mathiesen (@clausmat1)
RT @katha1502 (K.G. 🇩🇪🇵🇱🇺🇦): ARCTIC ALERT: Norway’s defence minister warns — Russia is building up on the Kola Peninsula for a showdown with NATO Norway’s Defence Minister Tore O. Sandvik warns in an interview that Russia is concentrating weapons, nuclear-capable forces and attack submarines, and testing new systems in the Arctic, focused on the Kola Peninsula (close to Norway). That’s where Russia’s Northern Fleet and parts of its nuclear arsenal are based. Sandvik’s assessment: Moscow aims for naval dominance in the Arctic and, in a crisis, to cut NATO’s resupply routes. Whoever controls these Arctic chokepoints can hinder access to the North Atlantic. Russia has for years been modernising bases and fleet elements around Kola (e.g., submarine facilities), while NATO countries are ramping up anti-submarine warfare (ASW), including new Norwegian ASW frigates, to track Russian submarines and keep sea lanes open. Source (interview): The Telegraph, 24 October 2025, interview with Defence Minister Tore O. Sandvik. (Summaries/reprints also appeared via Yahoo/AOL.) #Arctic #Kola #NorthernFleet #NATO #GIUK #BearGap #BarentsSea #Russia #Norway #Security
Claus Mathiesen (@clausmat1)
RT @steven_pifer (Steven Pifer): #Russia has repeatedly rejected proposals for ceasefire in place with #Ukraine to which Kyiv has agreed. Moreover, as Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov made clear on Monday, there has been no change in Kremlin's negotiating position.
