GLOBAL DEFENSE's video: Huge Russian Military Build-up In The Arctic near Europe - Satellite images reveal

Huge Russian Military Build-up In The Arctic near Europe - Satellite images reveal Russia is growing its military presence in the Arctic even while it struggles in Ukraine, according to NATO and satellite photos .These photos show improvements made over the past year to Russian radar bases and runways. Satellite company Maxar Technologies, which took the photos, told that the images show ongoing work on radar stations in two locations: Olenegorsk, in northwest Russia close to Finland; and Vorkuta, north of the Arctic circle. Thye also appeared to show work to build a radar system at Ostrovnoy, which is close to Russia's borders with Finland and Norway in the northwest, Maxar said. The company told, that works to add new equipment and protect old equipment had been completed at Tiksi, a site in the north, and there were runway improvements at two other bases. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told that there is now "a significant Russian military build-up in the high north," and that NATO had decided to "double its presence" in the area in response to recent tensions. He said those bases were still important to Russia, even as the country is focusing much of its resources on its invasion of Ukraine. # russianarmy # nato # arctic