 Russia's nuclear-capable Tu-95, Tu-160 bombers deployed near NATO border. With Russia's continuous use of its strategic bombers, including the Tu-95 and the Tu-160, for launching conventional standoff attacks on Ukraine, satellite images have revealed that there has been an unexpected surge of bombers in Russia's north, close to the NATO border, according to Eurasian Times' media outlet. A fresh set of satellite images of the Olenya airbase in Russia's Kola Peninsula revealed that about 16 strategic bombers had been deployed to this airbase close to the NATO countries, Finland and Norway, the Barents Observer reported. The airbase is located in the closed town Olenegosk-2, which is an hour's drive south of The base currently houses 14 Tu-5 bombers, two Tu-160 bombers and two Tu-22M bombers besides other heavy transport aircraft as could be shown in the satellite images. Two Tu-160 are positioned at the southern end while at all other aprons large enough for heavier aircraft, 14 Tu-95 could be seen positioned side by side. The Tu-22M aircraft are relocated to the parking grounds in the airbase's northwest. The revelations came when several reports have indicated that Russia was launching attacks on Ukraine with its bombers from the Murmansk region of the Kola Peninsula. Bombers have typically been deployed to carry standoff missile strikes on Ukraine from within Russian airspace. The sudden movement of nuclear capable bombers close to the NATO border was alarming as Russia's frequent nuclear-saber-rattling accompanied it. The concern was exacerbated as Russia's central storage for nuclear warheads, Bolshoi Ramazero, is reportedly just 10 kilometers from Olenya airbase.