Mesyatsev Island was formed from Mesyatsev Cape around 1995 as water from a nearby glacier flowed toward the Arctic Ocean, researchers said. Explorers with the Arctic Archipelagoes project and Russian Arctic National Park confirmed its formation in 2018 and 2021, respectively.

Russia has increased its missile production at five production sites as the war with Ukraine wages on and materials are exhausted.

Fabian Hinz, a research associate at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), analyzed these images to assess Russian production facilities. His findings were published in a blog on the IISS website on Nov.