Putin Makes Nuclear Threats Over Kaliningrad

Putin Makes Nuclear Threats Over Kaliningrad

Executive Summary: In late September, the Russian Foreign Ministry sent a diplomatic note to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) threatening to use nuclear weapons against them if the Alliance attempts to “isolate” the Kaliningrad exclave from the rest of Russia following several military exercises along the oblast’s borders (The Insider, September 30). In early […]

British analyst: "Hell will break loose. We shouldn't be threatening Kaliningrad"

British analyst: "Hell will break loose. We shouldn't be threatening Kaliningrad. " By declaring its intention to defend Kaliningrad with all available weapons, Russia is only responding to threats from the West.Marko...

Why Putin Is Threatening Nuclear War Over Kaliningrad

If an increasingly vulnerable Kaliningrad holds strategic value for Russia and can only be defended by nuclear weapons, then perhaps Western leaders shouldn’t threaten it—and perhaps Western analysts should take more seriously Moscow’s repeated warnings that such threats could meet a nuclear response. Russia experts shed light on the Kremlin’s calculations. Andrew Day, Oct 3, […]