On 5 December, 3 machines were damaged in Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian strategical bomber bases, including 2 Tu-95 aircraft; 2 days later, satellite images of an air base in Murmansk Oblast, about 30 km from the Norwegian border showed that 11 Russian strategical bombers were stationed there. The machines were so rebuilt more than 2.5 1000 km to the north. The Scandinavians see this as an component of pressure, nevertheless the main reason is most likely the Kremlin's fear of losing more bombers.