The West now seems to be playing the all or nothing card. The blocking of the #Suwalki corridor is by far the most dangerous thing one could dare to do at the moment. There is no way #Russia can allow this.
https://twitter.com/azmilitary1/status/1537885488257720321
On the other hand, #NATO has been practicing the defense of the Suwalki Corridor against the "Russian-Belarusian invasion" for years.
The war is now expanding into NATO territory.
The war is now expanding into NATO territory.
When Russian military exercises took place last year, the Kremlin underlined its fears that in the event of war the West could blockade Kaliningrad and even completely take over this strategically important Russian outpost.
deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de/518069/Brennpu…
deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de/518069/Brennpu…
In a March 8, 2022 article on the Vzglyad website entitled “Kaliningrad is preparing for a blockade,” journalist Olga Samofalova notes that “the issue of maintaining ties between Kaliningrad Oblast and the rest of Russia is more important than ever has become".
Russian government officials have warned Lithuania and Poland that if they continue to slow or even block transport between Russia and its Baltic exclave, they will harm themselves more than Kaliningrad.
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