The Russian Foreign Ministry warned about responding to NATO's challenges in the Arctic

Russia's response to NATO's challenges in the Arctic will not take long, and Moscow has plenty of opportunities. This was announced on April 19 by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko.

"Our response to these challenges will not be long in coming. We have enough opportunities to respond in a timely and adequate manner to the threats posed by NATO to our security and interests," the diplomat told RIA Novosti.

Vladislav Maslennikov, Director of the Department of European Affairs at the Russian Foreign Ministry and a senior Russian official at the Arctic Council, said on February 25 that the West was turning the Arctic into a new arena of confrontation and military-political confrontation. He noted that NATO is actively engaged in the militarization of the Arctic.

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On February 11, Reuters reported that NATO had launched the Arctic Sentry mission to expand its military presence in the Arctic. It will coordinate the military presence of the alliance's forces in the region.

Later it became known that NATO plans to deploy tens of thousands of military personnel for exercises as part of Operation Arctic Sentry. Arctic Sentry will be led by the Joint Forces Command in Norfolk (JFC Norfolk). The exercises began in Europe on the same day.

In turn, the Russian Embassy in Denmark said that Moscow would take appropriate measures in response to the NATO operation.