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Støre: No plans to lift restrictions on NATO activities near border with Russia

A British Air Force plane was Tuesday flying back-and-forth over the Varanger Fjord a few nautical miles from Norway’s border with Russia. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, however, says to the Barents Observer that there are no plans to change self-imposed restrictions for NATO flights over the East-Finnmark region.

February 08, 2024

Jaeger battalion GSV gets weapons to destroy low-flying aircraft and drones

Specialized invasion defense soldiers on the border with Russia’s heavily militarised Kola Peninsula are the first in Norway to be armed with the Piorun man-portable air defense system.

February 06, 2024

Sevmash launches fifth Borei-A ballistic missile submarine

"The Knyaz Pozharsky embodies the most advanced technological solutions, experience and traditions of domestic submarine shipbuilding," Navy Commander Admiral Nikolai Evmenov said at the launching ceremony in Severodvinsk on Saturday.

February 04, 2024

Norway expands defense agreement with American troops

Andøya, Bardufoss and Setermoen in northern Norway are among the eight new dedicated areas where the United States military could be allowed to build infrastructure to strengthen defense cooperation with the Nordics.

February 02, 2024

Russia says its new submarine is ultra-silent

The diesel-engined Kronshtadt is designed for destruction of enemy ships and infrastructure, and is likely to serve in the Northern Fleet.

January 31, 2024

Will Russia revive infamous SMERSH counter-intelligence in Kola Peninsula?

The structure established by Josef Stalin to fight "anti-Soviet elements" is today praised by the security agencies in the heavily militarised Murmansk region. Strong forces in Russia call for the resurrection of the notorious service across the whole country.

January 28, 2024

Counting of killed Komi warriors reaches 400

It is unknown how many soldiers from the north Russian region that actually have lost their lives in the war, but a local count now reaches four hundred.

January 17, 2024

Military recruitment officers raid market places in Pechenga for more migrant warriors

Increasingly desperate for more soldiers, the Russian Armed Forces step up efforts to enrol new countrymen in military service. Among the targets of the military recruiters are migrant workers in far northern towns.

January 15, 2024

2023 saw more Russian strategic bombers outside Norway

They are Moscow’s most busy cruise missile platforms in the war of aggression against Ukraine, but the Tu-95 and Tu-160 aircraft still found time to increase the number of flights outside Norwegian air space in 2023.

January 15, 2024

British troops deploy to northern Norway ahead of huge NATO Arctic exercise

Nordic Response 2024 will be NATO’s biggest Arctic exercise in a generation.

January 14, 2024

Norwegian F-35s in Iceland for airspace surveillance

Norwegian F-35s, along with personnel, will arrive in Iceland on Monday for airspace surveillance, Iceland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday.

January 14, 2024

Russian subs to sail more under Arctic sea-ice

Operations under the sea-ice will be one of the top priorities for our submariners in 2024, Russia's Northern Fleet underlines.

January 10, 2024

Arctic Russian airbase “undoubtedly” on radar of Ukrainian armed forces, expert says

The Olenya airbase is undoubtedly on the radar of Ukrainian armed forces, says an expert after a wave of bombers from the Kola Peninsula again launched a massive cruise missile attack on Ukraine, the third since Christmas.

January 09, 2024

This small town Russian school near border to Finland has lost at least 7 former pupils in war

School No 3 in Alakurtti has opened a special 'memory exhibition' dedicated to former students killed in Ukraine.

January 05, 2024

From Northern Norway to Ukraine. Norwegian Air Force starts training of Ukrainian personnel

Two F-16 fighter jets are sent from the North Norwegian airbase of Bodø as part of efforts to educate Ukrainian pilots and Air Force technicians.

January 04, 2024

Murmansk sends deadly new year greeting to Kyiv

A big number of bombers again took off from the Olenya air base in the Kola Peninsula to fire missiles on civilian targets in Ukraine.

January 02, 2024

Bombers from Kola Peninsula take center stage in terror bombing of Ukraine

A group of nine Tu-95MS strategic bombers early Friday morning took off from the Olenya air base and few hours later fired its deadly load on civilian targets across Ukraine.

December 29, 2023

Denmark promises increased focus on Arctic as it takes over NORDEFCO chair

Increased focus on the Arctic and North Atlantic will be amongst Copenhagen’s priorities when it takes over chairmanship of the Nordic Defence Cooperation (NORDEFCO) from Sweden on January 1, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

December 29, 2023

Russia's brand new warship heads to Arctic base

Frigate Admiral Golovko is the most modern surface ship in the Russian Navy. It will serve in the Northern Fleet.

December 28, 2023

Russian military rocket created spectacular light show over Svalbard

The sky over the Norwegian Arctic archipelago was lit up by the military rocket that was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.

December 22, 2023

Russia launched military rocket. It could be seen over northern Norway

A rocket carrying a space installation for the Russian Ministry of Defence was Thursday morning launched from the north Russian Plesetsk Space Center. It could be seen over the Norwegian border town of Kirkenes.

December 21, 2023

Who is 'Hero of Russia' Yevgeny Supakov?

I love to ride snowmobile, the 25 year old soldier from the remote Arctic region of Tazov writes on his social media profile. Yevgeny Supakov is one of several hundred men from far northern Russian villages fighting in Ukraine. This week, he was declared 'Hero of Russia' by Vladimir Putin.

December 20, 2023