“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
    761·
    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
    75·
    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
      46·
      2 months ago

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

  • i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.caEnglish
    41·
    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
      25·
      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.

  • TransplantedSconie@lemm.eeEnglish
    32·
    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.

  • EndOfLine@lemmy.worldEnglish
    271·
    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
    21·
    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?!

  • Artyom@lemm.eeEnglish
    19·
    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 article.

  • IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    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.