Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad yesterday. The city, located on the Baltic Sea and bordering NATO member states Poland to the south and Lithuania to the north and east, is considered a potential flashpoint for a future conflict between the Atlantic Alliance and Russia. Putin’s trip […]
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Russia withdraws missiles from its border with Poland. Reason given
The S-400 missile systems stationed in Kaliningrad Oblast have most likely been transferred to Ukraine. The Russian Federation most likely transferred S-400 air defense systems from the Baltic coast in Kaliningrad to the combat zone in Ukraine. As announced by the British Ministry of Defense on the social networking site X (formerly Twitter), this was […]
Kaliningrad, Russia threatens: “hostile act” by Poland. voltage triggered
Poland changes Kaliningrad’s name and unleashes Russia’s wrath. Warsaw will abolish the city’s Russian name and revert to the original Polish name of Krolewiec. The surprising decision was taken by the Commission for the Standardization of Geographical Names outside Poland, which operates under the direct service of the country, which decided not to name the […]
“Hit 20 different targets, launch missiles and bombs”. Russia ups the ante on Kaliningrad
Signals of strength on both sides. While NATO’s strengthening of the eastern border is yesterday’s news, Moscow has announced air exercises in Kaliningrad, a Baltic enclave squeezed between Poland and Lithuania. “More than 10 crews of Su-30SM and Su-30SM2 advanced fighters from a Baltic Fleet naval aviation regiment began tactical flight exercises with bombing and […]
NATO warns Russia: installation of hypersonic missiles in Kaliningrad will not ease tensions
A NATO spokesman told Europa Press news agency that Kaliningrad is a “highly militarized area, inserted in Russia’s military escalation along NATO’s borders”, in this case close to Poland and Lithuania, both member countries of the alliance. “Russia’s brutal aggression against Ukraine has changed the security situation in Europe and it is difficult to see […]
Kaliningrad, tension between Russia and Lithuania increases. New sanctions, the reaction is not long in coming
Lithuania has extended restrictions that apply to the transit of goods to Kaliningrad to sanction Russia. As of today, affected goods also include cement, wood, alcohol and alcohol-based industrial chemicals. But the Kremlin’s response was not long in coming. The leaders of Belarus and Russia Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin did indeed have a new […]
Ukraine: Russia and Belarus threaten retaliation against Lithuania over Kaliningrad
The Russian presidency said on Monday that Russia and Belarus are working on “joint measures” to respond to restrictions imposed by Lithuania on the transit of certain goods to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. Kaliningrad is a Russian enclave in the Baltic Sea bordering Lithuania and Poland, two countries of the European Union (EU) and […]
Russia, Dmitry Medvedev is possessed by demons: “If NATO invades Crimea, the Third World War will break out”
Raise the tone of the confrontation again. Russian Security Council Vice President Dmitry Medvedev, in an interview with Argumenty i Fakty reported by TASS, sent a clear signal to the West about Ukraine’s territorial situation: “For us, Crimea is part of Russia, and that forever. Any attempt to invade Crimea would amount to a declaration […]