According to intelligence sources, a Russian Tu-22 supersonic bomber has been hit by a Ukrainian drone at the Olenja military airbase near Olenegorsk, not far from Murmansk. The air base is located around 20 miles from the Norwegian and Finnish border, and around 37 miles from Sweden. In Norway, the Norwegian Armed Forces are monitoring the situation. – We always follow what is happening in our immediate areas. We always have a military presence in and around Norway, so this does not change anything, says spokesperson at the Norwegian Armed Forces’ operational headquarters Hanne Olafsen to news late on Saturday evening. She says that a number of measures were introduced before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which are still in force. – We continuously work to have a common understanding of the situation in order to ensure safety. We do this through close cooperation and solidarity with our allies, says Olafsen. Photo: Ivan Sekretarev / AP/NTB Getting used to war at the border Finland’s president tells the Finnish media that we just have to get used to having a war at the borders. – We just have to get used to the fact that we have a war at our borders, says Finnish President Alexander Stubb to the Finnish media, writes SVT. If the information is correct, the attack is one of the most far-reaching so far in the war. Bombers use the base, which is 1,800 kilometers as the crow flies from the border with Ukraine, in their attacks on Ukrainian targets, according to the Ukrainian media Ukrainska Pravda. Published 27/07/2024, at 23.34 Updated 27.07.2024, at 23.36
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