“The Arctic is not the territory of the North Atlantic alliance,” Kremlin Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warns.

Russia is “fully ready” for a conflict with NATO in the Arctic, the country’s foreign minister warned.

“We see NATO stepping up drills related to possible crises in the Arctic,” Sergey Lavrov said, according to Russian state media, in comments for a documentary series that were first reported Friday.

“Our country is fully ready to defend its interests militarily, politically and from the standpoint of defense technologies," he added.

His comments mark the latest round of saber-rattling by the Kremlin, which has repeatedly… threatened … to … unleash … nuclear … war on NATO and its allies in recent years.

The Arctic is the northernmost point on Earth and includes territory belonging to eight nations: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Canada, the United States, Iceland and Russia. All except Russia are NATO members.

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1031·
    2 months ago

    The Arctic is the northernmost point on Earth and includes territory belonging to eight nations: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Canada, the United States, Iceland and Russia. All except Russia are NATO members.

    tbf, that wasn’t true before the current phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War.

    For real, though, from a purely realpolitik perspective, what a fucking disaster this has been for Russia. Fuck them, though. And fuck them even harder than they’re currently getting fucked, until they get the fuck out of Ukraine.

  • EvilBit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    90·
    2 months ago

    They weren’t even ready for a war at Kursk, which they had been warned of, against a country that was already busy getting attacked by Russia.

    • foggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      55·
      2 months ago

      They weren’t even ready to surprise Ukraine with a war. And they planned it.

  • i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.caEnglish
    50·
    2 months ago

    Sounds right, and I’m sure worried. They rolled through Kyiv in 3 days because they’re so prepared!

    • Death_Equity@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      2 months ago

      Don’t forget how perfectly adequately the troops were supplied. Real body armor, real semtex, real reactive armor, well maintained small arms, plenty of food and warm clothes.

      I am terrified about the prospects of an artic war with such a well supplied army.

      • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        2 months ago

        and they sure have their navy on lockdown, no problems with ships randomly setting on fire or anything like that.

      • el_bhm@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        Dont have to have much of these if the population is brainewashed and manipulated enough to die by the thousands for zero reasons.

        See the west has a preset kill limit.

        • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          Well you see Ivan, if send enough people to freeze to death in Arctic eventually heat from decomposing bodies will warm terrain.

  • TransplantedSconie@lemm.eeEnglish
    37·
    2 months ago

    "We are ready with our malnourished troops, six tanks series of explosions three tanks, and 2 leaky ships and a submarine in dry dock explosion is heard no submarine in dry dock.

  • slaacaa@lemmy.worldEnglish
    35·
    2 months ago

    2014: second strongest army in the world

    2022: second strongest army in Ukraine

    2024: second strongest army in Russia

    …

    2026: eighth strongest army in the Arctic (between beluga whales and snow owls)

  • Artyom@lemm.eeEnglish
    34·
    2 months ago

    Russia, the second most powerful military force within Russian territory, is prepared to take on NATO, the largest military force in the history of the world, in a war in the arctic.

  • EndOfLine@lemmy.worldEnglish
    311·
    2 months ago

    After the rousing success of their military action in Ukraine which was predicted to be concluded in a matter of weeks, more than 2 and a half years ago, I don’t see why they wouldn’t be eager to fight multiple opponents on multiple fronts. How could that possibly go wrong for them?

    /s

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    2 months ago

    Keep in mind the challenges of fighting in the Arctic, for both men and machines. Even a top-tier military is going to struggle and Russia thinks they have a handle on it?!

  • IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    2 months ago

    Russia is “fully ready” for a conflict with NATO in the Arctic, the country’s foreign minister warned.

    Yeah? Nobody asked, silly country.