Thomas Nilsen
@thomasnilsen
Editor of the Barents Observer. Freedom to write - Freedom to publish! #Arctic #Environment #Security #Russia #Nuclear #FSB #OSINT #InfoOps
Poland now confirms that it was a 🇷🇺 Kh-101 missile that hit its territory. Such missiles are launched from Tu-95MS bombers of which six from Olenya Air Base participated in the July 30 strikes. This is likely the first time a weapon from the Kola Peninsula hits NATO territory.
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A textbook Potemkin façade: after cancelling St. Petersburg’s Main Navy Parade for the second year in a row, reportedly for fear of Ukrainian drones, Putin’s substitute was… a submarine painted on a backyard wall. When reality sinks, paint floats.
Four different names, all describes perfectly well this guy I met north of Svalbard in late June. 🇬🇧 Polar bear 🇳🇴 Isbjørn (Ice bear) 🇺🇦 Білий ведмідь (White bear) Ursus maritimus (Ocean bear)
Lurer på hvordan det går med leveransene til Norges eneste utleveringssted for Wildberries (WB) i Barentsburg?
Good to see this Tu-95MS effectively put out of action. Its tail section has been blown off beyond practical repair after the attack on Engels-2. This bomber also regularly operated from Olenya Air Base on Kola when launching strikes that terrorized civilians across Ukraine. 📸 @avivector.com
Pretty wild special berry operation at Wildberries today 😇 - Elektrostal, Moscow Oblast.
The people running the 🇷🇺 Defence Ministry's Telegram channel and Max platform seem genuinely mentally unstable.
If you're looking for "traditional Russian cultural values," Vysoky has you covered: a library celebration in the same closed military town that serves Olenya Air Base, where Tu-95MS bombers regularly take off to fire cruise missiles at civilians in Ukraine.
Meanwhile in Murmansk. Why not flash a nuke missile with inscription ‘To Washington’ on top of your Lada when you live in a regime running low on gas. 🚀☢️
Is this Putin's luxury yacht moored in Severomorsk? Sunday's Sentinel image (left) appears to show a white vessel (about 80-metre) at the pier, while Saturday's image (right) shows the same berth empty. The vessel's identity is unconfirmed. Article here: www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/putins-...
These flight paths look like flying Aeroflot in the early 1990s with drunk pilots. The difference is that they're reportedly caused by severe GPS jamming and spoofing as warmongering Russia tries to shield military bases on Kola from Ukrainian drones. Anyhow, still not reassuring for passengers.
Wheels up for the low-Arctic after a week on board research vessel Helmer Hanssen along the west coast of Svalbard and into the sea ice.
Longyearbyen has become another mass tourism destination. More cruise ships, bigger crowds, and increasing pressure on a fragile Arctic environment. Is this really what the Arctic needs?
Good morning 😊 from the absolute most spectacular fjord in Norway 🇳🇴, Magdalenefjorden, Svalbard.
Empty rooms: Moscow airspace this morning as the one refinery after the other is hit. Dozens of drones bring Russia's war back to Russia.
Russian satirist Semyon Skrepetsky shot dead in Poland. All dictators hate satire.
Three 🇸🇪 citizens were tonight fined 8000 NOK each (about €750) by 🇳🇴 police for throwing stones across the border with 🇷🇺 at Grense Jakobselv.
Russian flags are banned at many sports venues across Europe. Yet at the Spitsbergen Marathon in Longyearbyen, this nationalist—brought to Svalbard aboard the Professor Molchanov—felt entitled to wave the 🇷🇺 tricolor after winning the men's 10 km race. I add two other photos from his Instagram.
Blir spennende å høre hvilke vei- og jernbaneprosjekter ‘i hele Norge’ som må kuttes fordi Senterpartiet har fått gjennomslag for at båter skal seile gjennom fjell.
The 🇺🇸 fast attack submarine USS Virginia (SSN-774) is currently docked in Tromsø, northern 🇧🇻, likely for supply. May 29 was the final day of NATO's Dynamic Mongoose 26 anti-submarine warfare exercise held in the Norwegian Sea. Tracking of 🇷🇺 multirole ⚛️ subs in Arctic waters continues.
I dag ble Norsk Folkehjelps base for minerydding i Sumy 🇺🇦 skadet i et russisk angrep. Her hjemme stiller lokallaget i Kirkenes i første rekke - med logo og jakker - når 🇷🇺 Generalkonsulat har sitt årlige propaganda show ved krigsmonumentet 9. mai.
Today, the Norwegian People’s Aid’s base for mine clearance activities in 🇺🇦 Sumy was damaged in a Russian attack. Meanwhile, the local branch in 🇧🇻 Kirkenes played an active role, with logos, in the 🇷🇺 propaganda show on May 9, laying wreaths at the war monument together with Moscow's diplomats.
Har korrigert overskriften litt for dere, NTB. Bare hyggelig! Si ifra hvis det er noe annet dere trenger hjelp med i klimajournalistikken.
Kirkenes 🇳🇴 marked 9 May at the war memorial. In front, 🇷🇺 consul general. Difficult to understand his speech because locals were singing Ukrainian songs louder.
6/ Russia has Nakhimov Naval Schools in Vladivostok, Murmansk, Kaliningrad, Sevastopol and St. Petersburg. All cities of the country's four fleets. All schools belongs to the 🇷🇺Ministry of Defence. The man to the left is some kind high-level official in a maritime agency or similar (Cpt 1st Rank).