Naval landing on Arctic archipelago reveals major pollution(opens in a new tab)
A Russian military exercise on the Sedov archipelago has highlighted substantial pollution and damage to vulnerable Arctic ecosystems.
Event
Russian Northern Fleet drills on Sedov Islands expose waste piles
A Northern Fleet exercise on Russia’s Sedov archipelago saw soldiers land via a Ka‑29 helicopter from the patrol vessel Ivan Papanin and a landing ship Kondopoga that brought DT‑10PN Vityaz all‑terrain vehicles. The drill may have been the first in decades. Footage shows large piles of abandoned oil barrels and metallic waste left on the islands, some dating to the Soviet era and linked to the 81st Independent Radio‑Technical Air Defence Battalion.
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Russia’s Northern Fleet conducted a naval exercise on the Sedov Archipelago, but the event drew attention to widespread pollution from abandoned Soviet‑era oil barrels and metallic debris left by the 81st Battalion.
