Original title: the Russian Northern Fleet announced a large-scale exercise in the Arctic, with nearly 50 warships and 120 aircraft participating
[global network military report] the Information Office of the Russian Northern Fleet said on September 9 that the fleet began a large-scale exercise in the Arctic, with about 8000 people, about 800 pieces of equipment, nearly 50 warships and about 120 aircraft participating. During the military exercise, it will carry out a drill to defend the northern sea route.

According to the Russian satellite news agency reported on September 10, the Information Office of the Russian Northern Fleet said that the actual exercises will be carried out in the waters of the Barents Sea, the Kara Sea and the Laptev Sea, as well as the Novosibirsk islands and the Franz Josef islands.
"There were nearly 8000 soldiers, about 800 pieces of military equipment and special equipment, including about 40 tanks, 460 armored vehicles, nearly 240 artillery, mortars and rockets, and about 120 aircraft and nearly 50 warships."
According to the Northern Fleet, during the exercise, the Northern Fleet unit will conduct exercises to maintain the northern sea infrastructure and protect the fleet garrison, study the areas where fighting may occur, and the conditions for using different forces of the fleet in the western and eastern waters of the Arctic.