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Russia has warned NATO that it would be prepared to use nuclear weapons if the alliance attempts to isolate Kaliningrad, Reuters reported on September 30, citing a diplomatic document.
In the document sent to NATO, Russia accused the alliance of following a “dangerous and reckless course” that carried a high risk of direct armed conflict.
Moscow also warned of possible strikes against decision-making centers in NATO member states from the outset of a conflict.
“Russia will be ready to use the entire arsenal of forces and capabilities at its disposal, including nuclear weapons,” the diplomatic note said, warning that Moscow could take such action to defend its territory if NATO countries attempted to isolate the Kaliningrad region from the rest of Russia.
Kaliningrad lies between NATO members Poland and Lithuania and serves as the headquarters of Russia’s Baltic Fleet. The exclave’s dependence on routes through neighboring countries has made access to it a longstanding source of tension between Moscow and the Baltic states.
Lithuania has previously taken measures that directly affected Russian access to Kaliningrad. In June 2022, Vilnius restricted the transit through its territory of goods covered by European Union sanctions, cutting off some freight shipments between mainland Russia and the exclave.
At the time, Russia protested the move and threatened unspecified countermeasures before the EU moved to establish rules allowing much of the transit to continue under its sanctions regime.
The issue has returned to the forefront this year. In May, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys said NATO should demonstrate that it was capable of penetrating Kaliningrad’s defenses and destroying Russian air defense and missile installations there if necessary.
Russian officials condemned the remarks, while President Vladimir Putin later warned that Russia had the means to destroy anyone who attacked the exclave.
The latest Reuters report said Moscow is also alarmed by frequent NATO military exercises, intelligence flights and interceptions of Russian ships near Kaliningrad.
Russian embassies in at least three European countries have issued statements in recent days accusing NATO of escalating tensions and planning scenarios involving the territory. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described these statements as diplomatic reminders aimed at “hotheads in Europe.”
NATO rejected Moscow’s characterization of its own activities as a threat to Russian territory. In a written response seen by Reuters, the alliance said it was defensive and that “none of NATO’s exercises or activities pose a threat to the territory of the Russian Federation.”
Russia’s latest warning reflected growing concern over NATO actions that include arms supplies to Ukraine, sanctions, ship interceptions, military exercises and intelligence flights near Kaliningrad. Ignoring these concerns could lead to a serious escalation.
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attacking kaliningrad will be the last mistake nazi nato ever makes!!! europe will become a lifeless wasteland, at hypersonic speed. so toxic european soil will be inconducive to any and all lifeforms, which will last for 10s of thousands of years!!!
meh, they are all going extinct, this just makes it happen a few years earlier.
france could be attacked with non-nuclear warheads. if to destroy nuclear power plants (~60 large energetic reactors), radioactive fallout is able to contaminate whole western europe, because france is in its center and borders germany, benilux, spain, italy, swiss and england through straight. if france will try to launch nuclear icbms or to use nuclear bombs from finland, there will be no more france.
europe has been a lifeless wasteland for more than 80 years since the death of strauss – the last legitimate composer.
russia’s “red lines” have been crossed many times and nothing happened
at dangerous and beligerent times the best quality of an leader is to be strategist , but if the leader is humanist will nullify the strategic thinking.no quarters shall be given and those who dare an agression, let them glow blue at the dark.
“patience in battle is the key to victory.” marshal suvorov, won 60 battles, 0 losses. by the way, blue light in reactor is so called cherenkov’s light. when speed of elementary parts is higher than light’s speed in nearby environment, there is visible blue shining.
varovanie dostali. je na nich ako s tým teraz naložia. rusko si nenechá nič vnucovať. to by už mohli konečne pochopiť hlupáci z (zto) nato. svetu mier. mysleniu zdar.
should never have got to this stage.
that the west feels so emboldened and has now put all of europe at risk shows prigozen and suvorikin were right
nato has been at war with russia since the maiden they are now throwing everything they got in drones to weaken russia if russia was smart they should have the big ones dialed in on all european capitals and rubbing the button
you prefer that the root cause, “us” get saved. but it was those clowns that burned hiroshima and nagasaki by napalm, and then sent advertising about “nuclear weapon” 😂 its enough to blow up the atlantic cables, and sink all ships from the island of death and destruction, and humanity will live in happiness for ever.
they should have used “nuclear weapon”, or maybe their intelligence, before they evolved into nazis, and started to kill kidnapped, and save kidnappers, and the nazi island on the other side of the atlantic.
nato is weakening with every day by over expansion. how many nations are at war today ? it looks like more that 10
a neutral ukraine would stop all of this
but who didn’t want ukraine neutral it was nato that wanted to move its weapons to russias front door
thank the peace of crap u s peace presidents
impossible scenario. the nature of ukrainization project is to convert ethnic russians into jannisaries, go fight against rest russians and die. modern genetic research, historical documents and language polls shows that so called ukrainians (and belorussians too) is the same ethnic group with russians, i.e. they are russians mostly (85-90% of population). now the project is in terminal stage. if it stays in lvov, nazism and terrorism will continue for some time before complete end.
epsteinites will involve lithuania for blockade (which already exist for land routes). to destroy vilnius is not problem, but the radioactive fallout can move to kaliningrad or minsk. another problem — the road to kalinigrad comes through largest cities of lithuania. radiation will make this route useless, so land blockade will stay before decontamination. so way better to strike at poland and germany. germany is better, it’s more distant.
russia is simply stating the obvious, so that when the euroweenies over extend themselves, russia can eliminate them and say we warned you weenies!
“let’s have a weiner roast so we can build a fire….oscar mayor….” nice jingle from the 80s.
pink lines other time. 😂😂😂
all russian men in kaliningrad will be eliminated and all females taken for forced breeding purposes