Putin Warns West: 'All Weapons' to Defend Kaliningrad — SkimNews
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- Putin warned the West that Russia is prepared to use 'all weapons' to protect Kaliningrad, per CNN and Euronews headlines.
- Russia told NATO a possible nuclear response could follow if Kaliningrad is cut off, per AP News.
Why it matters: Russia is now explicitly tying its nuclear posture to a specific geographic flashpoint — the Kaliningrad exclave, which borders NATO members Lithuania and Poland. That makes any Western action isolating the territory a stated nuclear contingency rather than a conventional one, raising the diplomatic and military stakes for NATO planning on its eastern flank.
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