Putin Threatens All Weapons to Defend Kaliningrad — SkimNews
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- Putin warned that "all weapons" are on the agenda if Russia's Kaliningrad exclave is attacked, per Euronews
- Putin said Russia is prepared to use "all weapons," including nuclear, to protect Kaliningrad and any Russian territory, per CNN and AP News
Why it matters: Putin has now publicly named Kaliningrad — a Russian exclave surrounded by NATO members Poland and Lithuania — as territory he would defend with nuclear weapons, marking an explicit nuclear tripwire over a specific geographic flashpoint.
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