“A large Northern Fleet flotilla is sailing to re-arm and re-supply Russia’s new string of island bases in the Arctic Sea. ‘The flotilla will sail along the Northern Sea Route [NSR] as far as the New Siberian Islands, conducting a series of exercises en route and with shore-based units in the eastern Arctic,’ said Commander of the Northern Fleet Vice Admiral Nikolai Anatoleyevich Evmenov on 1 September.”
Source: Russia sails flotilla to re-arm its new Arctic bases and bolster regional security | IHS Jane’s 360
