Bei den kommenden Russischen Kapitulationsverhandlungen wird dann als Teil der Reparationen #Kaliningrad an die #Ukraine gehen.
Diese schenken das dann #Polen als Dankeschön für die Hilfe.
Das wäre geil!
#kaliningrad
Lithuania blocks and fortifies bridge to Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave
Kasciunas said other #bridges leading to #Kaliningrad would also be fortified, and some may even be #mined.
#Russia's full-scale #invasion of #Ukraine exacerbated fears of a potential open conflict between Moscow and NATO, and #Lithuania, bordering Russia's ally #Belarus and Kaliningrad, would be one of the first countries threatened by such a clash.
Kaliningrad Oblast is a small but heavily armed territory lodged between the Baltic Sea and NATO members Poland, and Lithuania. Russia's Baltic Sea Fleet has its headquarters and main base located there.
https://kyivindependent.com/lithuania-blocks-and-fortifies-bridge-to-russias-kaliningrad-exclave/
Prozess gegen Terror-Unterstützer: Mit dem Segelboot heim ins Reich
In Hamburg steht ein 66-Jähriger wegen Unterstützung der „Kaiserreichsgruppe“ vor Gericht. Beim Verfassungsschutz war er mit einem Hinweis abgeblitzt.#taz-Serie:DieReichsbürger #Reichsbürger #Preußen #Kaliningrad #RechterTerror #Hamburg #Nord #Schwerpunkt
Prozess gegen Terror-Unterstützer: Mit dem Segelboot heim ins Reich
An American RC-135V reconnaissance aircraft circling the Russian territory of #Kaliningrad, a highly rare event.
Ukraine aktuell: Ukraine präsentiert drei Patriot-Flugabwehrraketensysteme | DW | 19.04.2023
In der Ukraine sind drei Patriot-Luftabwehrsystem aus den USA, den Niederlanden und Deutschland eingetroffen. Russischer Oppositionspolitiker Ilja Jaschin muss für 8,5 Jahre hinter Gitter. Nachrichten im Überblick.#KrieginderUkraine #Ukraine #Russland #Angriffskrieg #Patriot-Luftabwehrsystem #Deutschland #Polen #Getreidestreit #Kaliningrad
Ukraine aktuell: Ukraine präsentiert drei Patriot-Flugabwehrraketensysteme | DW | 19.04.2023
Ukraine aktuell: Deutschland hat Flugabwehrsystem Patriot geliefert | DW | 19.04.2023
Die Ukraine hat von Deutschland das zugesagte Luftabwehrsystem erhalten. Polen und die Ukraine legen ihren Getreidestreit bei. Nachrichten im Überblick.#Ukraine #Russland #Angriffskrieg #Patriot-Luftabwehrsystem #Deutschland #Polen #Getreidestreit #Kaliningrad
Ukraine aktuell: Deutschland hat Flugabwehrsystem Patriot geliefert | DW | 19.04.2023
#Ukraine Exhibits #War Images At #Train #Station To Shock Russians
The #Baltic state allows 100 trains a month carrying Russian passengers to #transit to and from the exclave of #Kaliningrad under a special arrangement between #Lithuania, the European Union and #Russia.
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The new #exhibition of 24 #photos has been set up on the #platform used by the transit trains, with the images placed at the height of the carriage windows. "Today, Putin is killing the peaceful population of Ukraine. Do you approve of this?," read the inscription on some of the pictures exhibited.
NATO-Draht mit rasiermesserscharfen Klingen: Wie Polen seine Grenze zu Russland sperrt | DW | 23.11.2022
Polen verbarrikadiert seine Grenze zur Exklave Kaliningrad mit Stacheldraht. Der Zaun soll Migranten aus Nahost und Nordafrika an der Einreise hindern - und den Bewohnern der Grenzregion ein Gefühl von Sicherheit geben.#Polen #Warschau #Russland #Kaliningrad #Exklave #Grenzzaun #Goldap #Migration
NATO-Draht mit rasiermesserscharfen Klingen: Wie Polen seine Grenze zu Russland sperrt | DW | 23.11.2022
Grenze zu Kaliningrad
Polen schottet sich weiter ab
Von Christian Jakob
Polens Regierung will einen Zaun zur russischen Exklave Kaliningrad errichten. Sie befürchtet, Russland könne einen Zustrom von Migranten inszenieren.
Schwerpunkt: Flucht
Schwerpunkt: Energiekrise
#taz #tageszeitung #Kaliningrad #Polen #Russland #Katrin #Göring-Eckardt
BUILD THE WALL : Poland begins building new wall along border with Russia’s Kaliningrad, fearful of Asian and African migrants.
Nothing racist about it. Keep sending EU money to them.
#Poland’s government has authorised the construction of a new barrier along the 210-kilometre border with the Russian exclave of #Kaliningrad.
Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Wednesday the frontier needs to be "sealed" so that the country feels secure.
The move comes amid suspicions that Moscow plans to facilitate illegal border crossings by Asian and African migrants.
Blaszczak said the decision came after Russia's aviation authority recently launched flights from the Middle East and North Africa to Kaliningrad.
#racism #Europe #Imigration
Preparatory work on the new, temporary barrier has begun, involving Polish soldiers specialised in demining.
Polen will Grenzzaun zu Kaliningrad | DW | 02.11.2022
Warschau befürchtet, dass Russland an der Grenze seiner Exklave Kaliningrad einen Zustrom von Migranten inszenieren könnte. Der Flughafen dort lasse nun Flüge aus dem Nahen Osten und Nordafrika zu, hieß es.#Polen #Russland #Belarus #Verteidigungsminister #Warschau #MariuszBlaszczak #Kaliningrad #Grenzzaun
Polen will Grenzzaun zu Kaliningrad | DW | 02.11.2022
Neuer Ostseekanal soll Polens Schifffahrt unabhängig von Russland machen | DW | 04.10.2022
Damit Schiffe in Richtung Ostsee nicht mehr durch russische Hoheitsgewässer müssen, hat Polen einen Kanal gebaut. Einige sehen in der millionenschweren Investition einen Befreiungsschlag - andere nur ein Prestigeprojekt.#Polen #Russland #Kaliningrad #Umwelt #PiS #Wirtschaft #Schifffahrt
Neuer Ostseekanal soll Polens Schifffahrt unabhängig von Russland machen | DW | 04.10.2022
Wie Litauen dem russischen Strom den Rücken kehrt | DW | 09.07.2022
Bis heute teilen die baltischen Staaten ihr Stromnetz mit Russland und Belarus. In Kriegszeiten wächst das Unbehagen darüber. Die Arbeiten zum Umzug ins EU-Netz laufen auf Hochtouren.#Litauen #Russland #Kaliningrad #Krieg #Ukraine #EU #NATO #Strom #Elektrizität
Wie Litauen dem russischen Strom den Rücken kehrt | DW | 09.07.2022
Russia and NATO member Lithuania are clashing over Kaliningrad
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/22/russia-and-nato-member-lithuania-are-clashing-over-kaliningrad.html
Moscow and NATO could be about to clash over Russia’s European exclave Kaliningrad
Published Wed, Jun 22 20224:18 AM EDTUpdated Wed, Jun 22 20227:30 AM EDT
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Holly Ellyatt
@HollyEllyattKey Points
- A new front in tensions between Russia and NATO has opened up.
- Relations between Moscow and the Western military alliance are under further pressure after Lithuania banned the transit of some EU-sanctioned goods coming from Russia to its exclave Kaliningrad.
- Russia has vowed to retaliate over what it described as the “hostile actions” of Lithuania, warning of “serious” consequences.
A sign reading ‘Kaliningrad’ stands atop the main city’s south railway station. Kaliningrad is a small Russian exclave located on the Baltic Sea and sandwiched between Lithuania and Poland. It has become the center of a spat between Russia and NATO-member Lithuania.
Harry Engels | Getty Images Sport | Getty ImagesA new front in tensions between Russia and NATO has opened up after one of the Western military alliance’s members, Lithuania, banned the transit of some goods coming from Russia to its exclave Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea.
Russia has vowed to retaliate over what it described as the “hostile actions” of Lithuania, warning of “serious” consequences, while NATO members have reiterated their support for the country.
Here’s a brief guide to what’s going on, and why it matters as the Russia-Ukraine conflict rumbles on in the background.
What’s happened?Lithuania said last week that it would ban the transit of some EU-sanctioned goods coming from Russia across its territory to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
The government said the blockade would apply to all EU-sanctioned goods coming from the mainland via rail, effectively blocking the transit of metals, coal, construction materials and high-technology products to the Russian sea port.
Kaliningrad
CNBCLithuania said that its decision was taken after consultation with the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, and that it’s enforcing sanctions on Russia that were imposed following the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.
Russia responded to Lithuania, a former Soviet republic, by calling the move an “unprecedented” and “hostile” act, with its Foreign Ministry issuing a statement Tuesday in which it said “if in the near future cargo transit between the Kaliningrad region and the rest of the territory of the Russian Federation through Lithuania is not restored in full, then Russia reserves the right to take actions to protect its national interests.”
What is Kaliningrad?Kaliningrad is a small Russian exclave located on the Baltic Sea and sandwiched between Lithuania and Poland. It is home to around 487,000 people and covers an area of around 86 square miles.
Once part of the German empire, it was seized by Soviet troops from Nazi Germany in 1945 and has remained in Russian hands ever since, becoming an important seaport for Russia allowing it straightforward access to the Baltic Sea. Indeed, the Kaliningrad Oblast (or province) acts as the headquarters of Russia’s Baltic Fleet.
The fleet holds regular military drills in the Baltic Sea, having completed 10 days of exercises on June 19 that involved 60 warships and 10,000 military personnel.
A disused border crossing point to Russia is seen on April 15, 2022 in Nida, Lithuania. Russia's Kaliningrad exclave, on the shore of the Baltic Sea, is sandwiched between NATO members Lithuania and Poland and is the Baltic coasts most strategic transport and trade port.
A disused border crossing point to Russia is seen on April 15, 2022 in Nida, Lithuania. Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave, on the shore of the Baltic Sea, is sandwiched between NATO members Lithuania and Poland and is the Baltic coasts most strategic transport and trade port.
Paulius Peleckis | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesLithuania’s ban on the transit of some EU-sanctioned goods, announced last Friday and implemented on Saturday, prompted panic buying in Kaliningrad. The region’s governor, Anton Alikhanov, insisted Russia would increase the number of cargo ships transiting goods from St. Petersburg to the exclave over the remainder of the year.
What could happen next?It’s uncertain how Moscow will react to Lithuania’s move.
On Monday, President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, called the move “illegal” and said “this decision is really unprecedented.”
“The situation is more than serious. … We need a serious in-depth analysis in order to work out our response,” he added.
Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement Monday saying “the transit of passengers and non-sanctioned goods to and from the Kaliningrad region through Lithuania continues uninterrupted.”
It added that Lithuania “has not imposed any unilateral, individual, or additional restrictions on the transit” and that it is consistently implementing EU sanctions.
Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, also backed Lithuania on Monday, saying he was worried about what form the retaliation might take while he defended Vilnius’ position. “Certainly I am always worried about the Russian retaliations,” Borrell said, but he insisted there was no “blockade.”
“Lithuania has not taken any unilateral national restrictions and only applies the European Union sanctions” he said, saying any reports in Russia that Lithuania was implementing its own sanctions was “pure propaganda.”
Timothy Ash, senior sovereign strategist at BlueBay Asset Management, commented Tuesday that “it’s fair to say that Kaliningrad is a strategic imperative for Russia” noting that defending and sustaining it certainly is.
“Russia will react for sure, the only question is what that will be ... [and] what Russia could do militarily,” he noted.
“A land attack to drive a corridor through Lithuania would be a direct attack on Lithuania triggering NATO Article 5 defence. Putin knows this - that’s war with NATO. Can Putin afford that when he is struggling to deliver on even his now much-reduced strategic objectives in Ukraine? He would also have to launch an assault through Belarus, stretching his supply lines, and splitting his forces,” he noted.
Ash suggested that Russia could seek to use its sizeable naval assets in the Baltic Sea to enforce some kind of tit-for-tat blockade on Lithuanian trade although again that would be seen as a huge escalation by both NATO and the EU. “It would then be a fine dividing line whether that would trigger the NATO Article 5 defence,” however, he noted.
When asked on Wednesday whether Russia’s response would be exclusively diplomatic or would go further, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said “the answer is no. They will not be diplomatic, but practical.”
“As for retaliatory measures, now possible measures are being worked out in an interdepartmental format. It was stated to both Lithuania and the EU through their diplomatic missions in Moscow about the inadmissibility of such actions and the need to change the steps taken and return the situation to a legitimate course,” she said.
“If this is not done, then, of course, and this was emphasized at all levels in Moscow, retaliatory actions will be inevitable.”
Why does it matter?Tensions between Russia and NATO are already heightened as a result of the war in Ukraine and the move by Lithuania has ratcheted those up further, potentially putting a NATO country (and the entire alliance) in line for a direct confrontation with Russia.
A key pillar of the NATO alliance is the concept of collective defense: Known as Article 5, it means that if one member is attacked, it is considered an attack on the entire group with all members committed to protecting each other.
While NATO has been helping Ukraine to fight Russia’s invasion, with its members sending a wide range of military equipment and weaponry as well as humanitarian aid, NATO has repeatedly said it will not send troops into the country as it does not want a direct confrontation with nuclear power Russia.
Russia will have to calibrate its response to Lithuania carefully, knowing that any direct attack will be seen as an attack on all NATO members by the organization.
Vehicles of the German armed forces Bundeswehr from the Griffin barracks arrive at the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Battalion in Lithuania in Rukla, Lithuania on February 17, 2022.
Vehicles of the German armed forces Bundeswehr from the Griffin barracks arrive at the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Battalion in Lithuania in Rukla, Lithuania on February 17, 2022.
Petras Malukas | AFP | Getty ImagesFor their part, Lithuania’s NATO allies have said they will stand by the country following the Kremlin’s threats.
“Lithuania is a member of the NATO alliance and we stand by the commitments that we have made to the NATO alliance and that includes of course, a commitment to Article 5 that is the bedrock of the NATO alliance,” U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said during a daily press briefing.
“Lithuania has been a stalwart partner, we stand by NATO, we stand by our NATO allies and we stand by Lithuania,” Price added.
Ukraine aktuell: Türkischer Frachter verlässt Hafen von Mariupol | DW | 22.06.2022
Nach Verhandlungen hat die "Azow Concord" den unter russischer Kontrolle stehenden Hafen von Mariupol verlassen und die Beschränkung des Bahntransits nach Kaliningrad birgt großes Konfliktpotenzial. Ein Überblick.#Ukraine-Krieg #Ukraine #Russland #WolodymyrSelenskyj #WladimirPutin #OlafScholz #Waffenlieferungen #CharlesMichel #EU-Beitritt #Kaliningrad #Schafe
Ukraine aktuell: Türkischer Frachter verlässt Hafen von Mariupol | DW | 22.06.2022
Die Falschen im Visier
Die Abschottung der russischen Exklave Kaliningrad trifft nicht Präsident Putin und seine Lakaien. Sie spielt nur seiner Propaganda in die Hände. http://www.taz.de/Lieferstopp-fuer-Kaliningrad/!5859662/ #taz #tazgezwitscher #tageszeitung #Embargo #Russland #Litauen #Ukraine #Kaliningrad
Ukraine aktuell: USA warnen Russland | DW | 22.06.2022
Die Beschränkung des Bahntransits nach Kaliningrad birgt großes Konfliktpotenzial. Der ukrainische Präsident Selenskyj fordert mehr Sanktionsdruck auf Moskau. Aktuelle Meldungen im Überblick.#Ukraine-Krieg #Ukraine #Russland #WolodymyrSelenskyj #WladimirPutin #OlafScholz #Waffenlieferungen #CharlesMichel #EU-Beitritt #Kaliningrad #Schafe
Ukraine aktuell: USA warnen Russland | DW | 22.06.2022
Ukraine aktuell: Deutsche Panzerhaubitzen erreichen Ukraine | DW | 21.06.2022
Deutschland hat schwere Waffen ins Kriegsgebiet geliefert. Eine Website der Bundesregierung zeigt, welche Systeme noch für die Ukraine vorgesehen sind. Ein Überblick.#Ukraine-Krieg #Ukraine #Russland #WladimirPutin #WolodymyrSelenskyj #EU-Beitrittskandidat #OlafScholz #JoeBiden #Kaliningrad #Sjewjerodonezk #Bundesnetzagentur #Atomkraft #BenStiller
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Die ukrainischen Truppen stehen im Osten des Landes unter Druck. Der russische Journalist Dmitri Muratow hat seine Nobelpreis-Medaille versteigert - zugunsten ukrainischer Kinder. Unser Überblick.#Ukraine-Krieg #Ukraine #Russland #WladimirPutin #WolodymyrSelenskyj #EU-Beitrittskandidat #OlafScholz #JoeBiden #Kaliningrad #Sjewjerodonezk #Bundesnetzagentur #Atomkraft #BenStiller
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