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.
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.
They weren’t even ready for the war they started themselves
Russia is weak and pathetic
Sir, this is a Wendy’s.
They’re having a hard enough time “fighting NATO” in Ukraine…
And NATO haven’t even turned up yet
They are not even ready to defend their own country being invaded on foot…
Russia is “fully ready” for a conflict with NATO in the Arctic, the country’s foreign minister warned.
Yeah? Nobody asked, silly country.
Sounds right, and I’m sure worried. They rolled through Kyiv in 3 days because they’re so prepared!
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.
and they sure have their navy on lockdown, no problems with ships randomly setting on fire or anything like that.
Largest permanent submarine fleet in the world…
Tamgent point here.
Many of these countries also have territory claims in Antarctica. For reasons.
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.
I think we should just keep fucking them until Putin is no longer in power.
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.
They weren’t even ready to surprise Ukraine with a war. And they planned it.
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?!
russia wasn’t even ready for war when they invaded Ukraine.
Lol, even Canadian Army would be able to win this (I hope…)
69th Cobra chicken squadron on standby.
They weren’t even “fully ready” for Ukraine…
