Ukraine, Norway team up to test naval drones in Arctic conditions

A contingent of Ukrainian military personnel is participating in joint exercises with Norwegian specialists in the Norwegian Sea, focusing on the use of unmanned underwater and surface systems in cold-weather conditions, a military-diplomatic source told Russian state media.

The source said, “A group of approximately 50 servicemen from the 385th Separate Brigade of Special-Purpose Unmanned Maritime Systems of the Ukrainian Navy arrived in Norway.

Together with specialists from the Norwegian Navy’s Special Operations Command, they are practicing the deployment and operation of unmanned underwater and surface systems in low-temperature conditions.”

The drills are designed to strengthen the Ukrainian Navy’s operational capabilities in Arctic and sub-Arctic environments, where extreme cold and icy waters present significant challenges for the use of unmanned systems.

By Vafa Guliyeva