Putin wants to send more soldiers to the Arctic – Diepresse.com
In this context, the Kremlin boss also commented on the plans of US President Donald Trump to take over Greenland from Denmark.
The Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced the stationing of other soldiers in the Arctic. He calls on the Russian government to drive the construction and renovation of garrison cities in the polar zone, said the Kremlin chief at an Arctic forum in Murmansk. « I would like to emphasize that this is of course related to the strengthening of our military component in the region, the number of soldiers will grow here. »
Russia will also enforce its rights to NATO, he emphasized. « Of course, we only worry about the fact that the NATO countries are more and more called the far north as a bridgehead of possible conflicts and rehearse the use of the military under these conditions, » said Putin. Soldiers from Finland and Sweden would also be used « with whom we had no problems until recently ». Finn And after the beginning of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, Sweden joined NATO out of concern.
Russia registers claims to large Arctic areas
Russia does not threaten anyone, Putin emphasized in Murmansk. At the same time, Moscow will not allow other countries to threaten the sovereignty and national interests of Russia, he said. Under the ice of the Arctic, huge deposits of oil and gas are suspected. Russia has already registered claims for large areas, which it sees as an submarine extension of its coast. At the same time, Putin said that Russia was open to the partnership of raw materials with western companies.
In this context, the Kremlin boss also commented on the plans of US President Donald Trump to take over Greenland from Denmark. It was wrong to dismiss these plans as the « extravagant rhetoric of the new American administration ». It is a matter of serious plans from the United States to Greenland. « It is obvious that the United States will continue to systematically force its geopolitical, military-political and economic interests in the Arctic, » said Putin. However, the connection of Greenland is a bilateral question between two countries and does not affect Russia.
Putin leaves a new nuclear submarine for war fleet to water
Putin took part in the ceremony of a stacking for a modern nuclear submarine of the Russian Navy. The Kremlin chief gave the order to let the ship built to water built in a shipyard in Sewerodwinsk near Murmansk in a shipyard. The submarine with the name « Perm » is to be equipped with Hyperschallrakets of the Zircon type, which can also wear nuclear warheads.
With the « Perm », the fifth nuclear submarine of this class is already allowed to water, Putin said. According to it, the commissioning is planned for 2026. Such submarines not only served the protection of the Russian coast and the northern sea path, which leads north of Russia through the Arctic, but could also be used to solve various tasks in the world’s oceans, said the Kremlin chief. (APA)
