Russia can allegedly start an armed conflict with NATO countries from the territory of the Kaliningrad region due to its convenient strategic position. This statement was made by the Polish magazine Gazeta Polska.
According to the authors of the article, Russia in the course of such a conflict “does not exclude the possibility of using the most deadly weapons” to destroy the forces stationed on the eastern flank of the North Atlantic Alliance.
“It can be assumed that the attack … would have been conducted from the Kaliningrad region. The strategic position and variety of types of weapons that are deployed there would guarantee Russia success in the first hours of a hypothetical war, ”the article says.
On January 30, a scenario containing the elimination of four main targets in the Kaliningrad region was published on the website of the American organization Center for Naval Analyzes. It was about the destruction of launchers of short-range ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons (including the Iskander missile systems). In addition, the experts called the purpose of such a strike to damage the Baltic Fleet, to eliminate the S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems in the region and Russian troops in Kaliningrad.
Commenting on the publication, a leading Russian military expert, editor-in-chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine, Viktor Murakhovsky, noted that the script bears signs of “clinical idiocy.”