Event fdba25c5-dfab-4937-98aa-eb4f6d83aee9

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Kinetic Country: Russia

Source: https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/putins-signs-nor ...

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Event Time

1y ago

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1mo ago

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1mo ago

Summary

Headline: Putins signs northwestern regions into Leningrad military district

Short Summary: Putin restructures Russian military command, reestablishing the Leningrad and Moscow districts and dissolving the Northern Fleet as a district.

Description

On 26 February 2024, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree reestablishing the Soviet-era Moscow and Leningrad military districts, dissolving the Northern Fleet as a separate military district. The reform, effective from 1 March 2024, brings Russia's northwestern regions—including Murmansk and others—under the Leningrad Military District, which is expected to increase military readiness along the borders with Finland and NATO.

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Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree reestablishing the Soviet-era Moscow and Leningrad military districts which means an end to the Northern Fleet as a military district. The changes are valid from March 1st.

The Leningrad Military District includes the Republic of Karelia, the Komi Republic, and the oblasts of Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Kaliningrad, Leningrad, Novgorod and Pskov, as well as the Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the City of St. Petersburg.

"Given NATO's desire to build up military potential near the Russian borders, as well as to expand the North Atlantic Alliance at the expense of Finland and Sweden, retaliatory measures are required to create an appropriate grouping of troops in Northwest Russia," Shoigu said.

"the ongoing restructuring is linked to the fact that Russia has got a much long land border with NATO."

"Putin's decree also adds the four occupied Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson as part of the Southern Military District."

Source

https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/putins-signs-northwestern-regions-into-leningrad-military-district/163619