Russia sends harsh signal to West in response to calls to block Kaliningrad — portal

ROME, October 6. /TASS/. Russia has sent a harsh signal to the West after some countries’ calls to block the Kaliningrad Region, according to website L'AntiDiplomatico.

"The most significant event of this week in Europe may not have happened on the battlefield. Russia issued a particularly harsh warning against Kaliningrad, making it clear that any attempt to blockade or threaten the exclave could provoke a retaliatory strike using Moscow's entire military arsenal, including nuclear weapons. Western governments continue to discuss increasingly ambitious scenarios along Russia's borders, while maintaining a desire to avoid direct confrontation," it said.

"With its message, Moscow seeks to eliminate any possible ambiguity: Kaliningrad, from Russia's point of view, is not just a pressure point in the Ukrainian conflict. This is the sovereign territory of the Russian Federation, and any interference will be considered and suppressed as such. Moscow makes it clear that there are limits beyond which the logic of gradual escalation may cease to operate."

The Kaliningrad Region is a semi-exclave and is separated from the main country by the borders of the European Union and NATO states. Aggressive rhetoric has recently intensified against the Kaliningrad Region. For instance, there are threats of an economic and territorial blockade of the Russian region in the foreign press.

Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov earlier said that a nuclear response for any attempts to block, for example, the Kaliningrad Region is established by regulatory documents, and this is exactly what Russian diplomats want "hotheads" in Europe to keep in mind. Earlier, the Russian embassy in Brussels said that it had sent a diplomatic warning to the Belgian government and NATO headquarters that Brussels' "adventurous and irresponsible" course increases the risk of a direct clash with Russia and that Russia "will use its entire arsenal of weapons in case of any attempts to blockade Kaliningrad."