“The Arctic Council is an intergovernmental forum that was formed to enhance cooperation, coordination and interaction among Arctic States (states that border the Arctic Circle) with the active involvment of Arctic IPs and other Actic inhabitants on common Arctic matters. These matters include environmental policies, scienific research, and most recently security. The Arctic States are Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the US, and Russia.
After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the other 7 Arctic states refused to collaborate with Russia. Since then, both parties have conducted their own military exercises. Russia recently conducted missile tests in the Arctic.