The Armed Forces of Putin continue to expand and satellite imagery shows the Kremlin expanding its bases in the USArctic, with runways and radar systems capable of detecting even “invisible” planes, the stealth planes. In conversation with CNN, the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg He confirmed that “a significant Russian military buildup is underway in the Far North”. For its part, the United Nations is doubling its presence in the region, precisely in response to Russia’s militarization of the region.
Zelensky, here is the 10-point peace plan: it will be presented on February 24 (anniversary of the invasion).
Russian military bases in the Arctic: satellite images
Satellite images don’t show a widespread expansion, but they do show the Russian president moving in the area. With the war in Ukraine raging on and straining Russian resources, expansion into the northern Arctic now points to the tactical path of Putin’s long-term military strategy. Russia has long since fortified and improved its military bases and infrastructure in the north of the country. Facilities have been constantly updated since Soviet times. The photos released by the Tiksi air defense post show the construction of radar stations Olenegorskin northwestern Russia, about 100 miles from the border with Finland and on the peninsula of Kola, another 100 miles east. A similar construction is in progress at a base a Vorkutanear the north coast of the country, above the Arctic Circle.
It also seems that Russia is building Rezonans-N radar specialized. Kremlin officials explained that this system is capable of detecting stealth aircraft. Such advanced radars are built in the city Ostrowny, in western Russia, on the coast of the Barents Sea, 400 km from the Finnish-Norwegian border. And you can also see a fence where the radar antennas were placed. The air infrastructure was also strengthened, the airbase runway was improved Nagurskoye and other similar work was carried out at the military base on Kotelny Island off the north-eastern coast of mainland Russia. The region will now regain prominence after Moscow grappled with Western sanctions for unleashing a war in Ukraine. The Kremlin’s interests in these areas are intensifying. And it is now likely that some $30 trillion in natural resources will be plundered from Arctic land and new trade routes opened after sea ice melts.
According to military experts, Putin, who is well off, will likely be forced to seek economic aid from China to implement his plans, in exchange for offering Beijing a gateway into a region it has long wanted to control but hasn’t still made it. And once together, China and Russia could pose a major threat to the West.
Putin and the old Soviet-era bases
The presence of Russia this is nothing new in the far north. Appreciated by both the Russian Empire and the Soviets for its rich natural resources, Joseph Stalin He once spoke of the “Red Arctic” and built dozens of military bases there. But interest has waned with the collapse of thesoviet union and 1987 Michael Gorbachev he stipulated that it should be a “peace zone,” marking the end of military expansion and the beginning of cooperation with the West on scientific research projects. However, Putin stated at a 2014 summit that the Arctic region is a concentration of “every aspect of national security: military, political, economic, technological, ecological resources”. It has since reopened around 50 Soviet-era Arctic bases, including airfields, radar stations, cargo ports, missile launch platforms and shipyards. Others have been expanded, including at least 18 airfields on the Kola Peninsula, which is about 200 miles east of Finland and is home to most of Russia’s armed forces in the region: the headquarters of its North Sea fleet, including much of its nuclear force, bombers and missiles, and fueling stations for bases further north. Some have been adapted to house Moscow’s state-of-the-art military technology.
Of Plesetsk The test launch of Russia’s newest satellite killer missile has begun and was recently used for launch Sarmat-2, the last nuclear missile capable of hitting any country on earth. Other bases have been modified to accommodate new hypersonic cruise missiles zirconand the submarine ports on the peninsula of Kola They should house nuclear drones Poseidon, according to reports from the Center for International and Strategic Studies. Dozens of new bases have also been built, including at least five major airfields along the so-called Northeast Passage, a sea route connecting Europe with Asia that is becoming increasingly accessible due to the rise in global temperatures that has melted the ice. Russia hopes to make this a viable and profitable alternative to the current shipping routes that circumnavigate Africa’s Cape of Good Hope and across the Indian Ocean, or circumnavigate the Arabian Peninsula via the Mediterranean and via Suez. Going north would shave about two weeks off even the fastest trips south.
Putin also wants to expand his military within Russia’s borders while continuing to rally troops in Ukraine. Yesterday to counteract the new aid package was through Volodymyr Zelenskyy give it United Statesthe Russian despot has announced that it will send another 350,000 soldiers into battle. And he also warned that the Kremlin will invest everything to increase its nuclear arsenal, announcing that Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles will be available. New military units are being formed on Russia’s western borders to keep up the pressure on Finland and Sweden to try to join Born in response to threats from Moscow. In his speech to defense chiefs, Putin acknowledged that he had problems in Ukraine and also partially criticized the military strategy. He then said that the army should learn from the experience, adding that special attention is being paid to the development of his country’s nuclear forces, which he described as “the main guarantee of Russia’s sovereignty”.
Secretary of Defense Sergei Shoigu He also said he has new plans for training military units in western Russia as Kremlin leaders prepare for another phase of the war entering its 10th month. The state-of-the-art, nuclear-capable Zircon missiles, traveling at speeds of nearly 7,000 miles per hour, have “no equivalent anywhere in the world,” Putin reiterated, acknowledging that an additional 300,000 reservists have been called up. “The partial mobilization that was carried out in September – he explained – showed difficulties”. However, the new recruits have also been heavily criticized by Kremlin allies, as it turned out that many men who are physically unfit or too old are drafted and the new recruits lack basic equipment such as sleeping bags and winter clothing.
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