Russia’s Northern Fleet kicks off a major Barents Sea exercise
The exercise comes at the same time as military exercises elsewhere in the Arctic, and a buildup of Russian forces on the border with Ukraine.
With NATO aircraft watching from the skies over the Barents Sea, several Russian nuclear- and diesel submarines, surface warships and support vessels of the Northern Fleet on Monday sailed out from the Kola Peninsula to take part in a large military exercise.
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