Russian Troop Relocation Indicates Little Interest in Expanding the Conflict to the High North

"Parts of the Russian land forces from the Kola Peninsula have been transferred to Ukraine. 

“For now, I consider it highly unlikely that the conflict should expand to Norway’s High North. that is simply because I think Russia neither has the will nor the ability to expand the conflict”, stresses Associate Professor Håkon Lunde Saxi.

Saxi explains that although the Northern Fleet is on high alert, Russia has relocated large parts of the land forces that are usually stationed on the Kola Peninsula to protect its military bases there. These divisions are, like most of the best Russian army divisions, currently tied up to the conflict in Ukraine." HighNorthNews