Russia warns of firing exercise near the Norwegian border

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  1. [Google Translate of the article](https://direkte-vg-no.translate.goog/nyhetsdognet/news/russland-varsler-skyteoevelser-naer-norskegrensa.jhdjzQL4N?utm_source=vgfront&utm_content=hovedlopet_row4_pos1&utm_medium=df-86-j20d183c&_x_tr_sl=no&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=no&_x_tr_pto=wapp)

    > Russia warns of firing exercises near the Norwegian border
    Russia has announced that it will carry out extensive shooting exercises near the Norwegian border from Thursday to Saturday, writes Nordlys .
    Among other things, they have sent out a warning about practice activity in an area to the north and east of the Varanger Peninsula in Norway.
    Chief researcher Kristian Åtland at the Norwegian Defense Research Institute (FFI) says that the special thing about the alerts is that they are about the firing of rockets in one of the areas.
    – It is conceivable that Russia wants to send a signal to the West about nuclear deterrence by showing that it is capable of firing these missiles, says Åtland to the newspaper.
    The warning is a so-called NOTAM notice (Notice to airmen), which warns of planned military activity that could create a danger to air and ship traffic.

  2. This put’s Russia back into cold war type of diplomacy, like North Korea. I frankly don’t understans how they could gain any advantage from that yet ? Do they think to scare EU and reduce support for Ukraine ? Could that work ? Or will that backfire ?

  3. Norway issues a formal NOTBAR warning (Notice of Barbecue), and will be ostentatiously having a 200-person barbecue 50 metres their side of the border.

  4. maybe they are trying to cut another pipeline or undersea cable alongside.
    Or just trying to catch our attention while destroying train infrastructure, such as in Germany recently.

  5. Last time they did “firing exercises” near a country they started a war and now they are stuck in the worse position possible…

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