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.
Sounds right, and I’m sure worried. They rolled through Kyiv in 3 days because they’re so prepared!
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?!
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.
They weren’t even “fully ready” for Ukraine…
Last time they tried to wage arctic warfare they lost more men to the cold than bullets and artillery.
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.
To quote my DM when I’m about to cause a near TPK: „You can certainly try.“
russia wasn’t even ready for war when they invaded Ukraine.
Perun on YouTube has a recent video looking at how the warming atmospheric and military climates are affecting the world’s arctic powers. If anyone wants more detail than just ‘lolrussia’ (but also still some lolrussia).
"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.
“The fact that I am saying these things out loud at a press conference is how you know they are true, and not the other way around.”
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 fonts. How could that possibly go wrong for them?
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Russia is “fully ready” for a conflict with NATO in the Arctic, the country’s foreign minister warned…
…After putting the lid back on the jar of Vaseline and assuming the position.
Holy shit, grab your popcorn. I’m not sure they’re even ready for a runner in their pantyhose, let alone war on another front. What the fuck?
To quote the kids on the playground: “You and what army?”
