
Former CIA officer Larry Johnson said the Baltic countries stopped threatening Kaliningrad after Russian President Vladimir Putin warned them to protect it, saying they had "backed off" and "decided to shut up."
AI-generated summary
The Baltic countries have previously expressed concern about the situation around Kaliningrad, which led to a warning from Russia to protect its territory.
The Baltic countries responded to Russian President Vladimir Putin's warning about protecting Kaliningrad. This was stated by former CIA officer Larry Johnson in an interview with retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis, a fragment published on the social network X.
“It seems that this warning somehow worked, because all the previously threatening countries, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, they backed down,” the ex-officer said.
As Johnson noted, the Baltic states “decided to shut up” and stopped making threats.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The Baltic countries will refrain from making public statements about Kaliningrad in the near future
Likely · Within weeks

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