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Post by pieter on Jun 16, 2022 8:14:38 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Jun 16, 2022 8:17:44 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Jun 16, 2022 8:49:10 GMT -7
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Jun 17, 2022 9:01:26 GMT -7
KALININGRAD!!! The place to watch.
Why Does Russia Own This Old Piece of Germany?
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Post by pieter on Jun 17, 2022 14:26:21 GMT -7
John,
It is an important Ice free Baltic sea port for the Russians and an Military and Naval Airport base in Central-Europe. Kaliningrad is a burden for Poland, Lithuania and NATO in Europe. I am sure Poland or Lithuania would be glad if they could confiscate Kaliningrad. Thank you for posting this interesting video. Of course also Germany 🇩🇪 would love to have this peace of Eastern Prussia back and would love to rename it Köningsberg again and restore or rebuild the old buildings again and make it a transport, trade, education, science and tourist hub.
Pieter
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Post by karl on Jun 17, 2022 15:59:05 GMT -7
J.J. Welcome to Europe, the land of wars, and yes, the loss of Köningsberg the city of seven bridges or, otherwise renamed by the hoards that over took as presently known as Kaliningrad. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Bridges_of_K%C3%B6nigsberg#:~:text=The%20city%20of%20K%C3%B6nigsberg%20in%20Prussia%20%28now%20Kaliningrad%2C,mainland%20portions%20of%20the%20city%2C%20by%20seven%20bridges. A very old city indeed so as your various videos depict and once very beautiful until the war destroyed and replaced it with what it is at present. But the seven bridges are there as proof that some things will always be no matter the occupiers, that is if they do not wish to get their feet wet. Karl |
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Post by pieter on Jun 18, 2022 4:01:07 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Jun 18, 2022 4:02:34 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Jun 18, 2022 4:04:16 GMT -7
Here you see how Köningsberg was in the twenties
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Jun 19, 2022 7:35:31 GMT -7
Russian region says Lithuania will curb imports, exports by rail
Reuters
June 17 (Reuters) –
Lithuania has told the Russian region of Kaliningrad that it will block the import and export of a large number of goods by rail because of Western sanctions, the regional governor said on Friday.
The region - home to the Russian Baltic Fleet and a deployment location for nuclear-capable Iskander missiles - is sandwiched on the Baltic coast between Lithuania and Poland, both NATO members, and has no land border with Russia.
Governor Anton Alikhanov said the clampdown would affect between 40% to 50% of the products that are imported to and exported from Russia through Lithuania.
"We consider this to be a most serious violation ... of the right to free transit into and out of Kaliningrad region," he said in an online video posting, adding that authorities would press to have the measures lifted.
Among the goods that would be affected are building materials, cement and metal products, he said.
Neither Lithuanian state railways nor the Lithuanian foreign ministry were immediately available for comment.
The move could increase already high levels of tension between Russia and NATO over Russia's invasion of Ukraine in late February.
Alikhanov posted what he said was a document from the Lithuanian state railway to its Kaliningrad counterpart saying the clampdown would start at midnight Vilnius time on Saturday (2100 GMT Friday).
He said if the region were not able to have the measures lifted quickly, it would start discussing the need for more ships to carry goods to Russia.
In February, Lithuania closed its airspace to flights from Russia to Kaliningrad, forcing commercial carriers to take a longer route out over the Baltic Sea. read more
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Reporting by David Ljunggren; editing by Grant McCool
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Post by pieter on Jun 19, 2022 8:06:03 GMT -7
Russian region says Lithuania will curb imports, exports by rail
Reuters
June 17 (Reuters) –
Lithuania has told the Russian region of Kaliningrad that it will block the import and export of a large number of goods by rail because of Western sanctions, the regional governor said on Friday.
The region - home to the Russian Baltic Fleet and a deployment location for nuclear-capable Iskander missiles - is sandwiched on the Baltic coast between Lithuania and Poland, both NATO members, and has no land border with Russia.
Governor Anton Alikhanov said the clampdown would affect between 40% to 50% of the products that are imported to and exported from Russia through Lithuania.
"We consider this to be a most serious violation ... of the right to free transit into and out of Kaliningrad region," he said in an online video posting, adding that authorities would press to have the measures lifted.
Among the goods that would be affected are building materials, cement and metal products, he said.
Neither Lithuanian state railways nor the Lithuanian foreign ministry were immediately available for comment.
The move could increase already high levels of tension between Russia and NATO over Russia's invasion of Ukraine in late February.
Alikhanov posted what he said was a document from the Lithuanian state railway to its Kaliningrad counterpart saying the clampdown would start at midnight Vilnius time on Saturday (2100 GMT Friday).
He said if the region were not able to have the measures lifted quickly, it would start discussing the need for more ships to carry goods to Russia.
In February, Lithuania closed its airspace to flights from Russia to Kaliningrad, forcing commercial carriers to take a longer route out over the Baltic Sea. read more
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Reporting by David Ljunggren; editing by Grant McCool
John, This may are may not be a reason for Russia 🇷🇺 to invade Lithuania. Reason’s for it would be a justification due to ‘the blokkade of supplies by land and air by Lithuania’, and to divert the West and the fighting in Ukraine 🇺🇦. A reason against it would be that a multi front war will be complicated for Russia in the strategic, tactical and supply (logistics) sense. The Russians already had and have huge problems during the Ukraine war in Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇷🇺 💥 . A war fought on several fronts will be costly. And a battle with the combined Lithuanian, US, Canadian, Polish, German, Danish, Norwegian and other NATO forces will be different than fighting with the Ukrainians. The Russians will meet Western artillery, tanks, Airforce power, rocket launch systems and Western military technology, strategy and tactics and it will encounter the largest military force of the world, the U.S. Army the US Navy Seals and the United States Marine Corps (USMC). A United force of trained and Ukrainian fighters together with Baltic, British, American, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, French, Italian, Spanish, Portugese, Turkish and Greek fighters might be a bridge to far for them. Cheers, Pieter |
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Jun 21, 2022 4:58:23 GMT -7
There is a lot of talk about Russia's next goal after reaching its goal in Ukraine. The Baltic states are especially concerned. If the Kremlin wins the war, it will not stop. It is possible that one of the neighboring states will be attacked without any major victory. It seems that Russia will launch an attack on Lithuania.
The Kremlin has been angered by restrictions on cargo transit to the Kaliningrad region following the sanctions, Bizimyol.info reports. The Russian government wants land connections within Europe. Lithuania is concerned about such a corridor. Because in this case, the Kremlin is likely to occupy the southern part of the Baltic state. It is not difficult for Russia to use the territory of Belarus for this.
The Charge d'Affaires of the northern Lithuanian state has been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry. Virginia Umbrasene has been strongly protested against the ban on the transit of a wide range of goods from Lithuania to Kaliningrad region by rail.
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielyus Landsbergis said earlier that the ban on the transit of steel and ferrous metal products through Russia's main territory and Kaliningrad region through Lithuania was a decision of the European Union, not his country. That is, such a step is taken due to sanctions.
The ban became known in mid-March as part of the fourth EU sanctions. According to the Customs Department, the package of sanctions adopted on March 15 imposed restrictions on Russian steel and other ferrous metal products under agreements signed before June 17. Therefore, it is not possible to transport products from the territory of the union from Saturday.
The Kremlin does not want to reconcile with this course of events. Lithuania may even be attacked in the coming days. Vladimir Putin is convinced that there is nothing to lose. Only military success can save the Russian leader. Otherwise, it is not difficult to say that Putin's rule is over
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Jun 21, 2022 5:13:50 GMT -7
Russia has warned Lithuania of "serious" consequences after it banned the rail transfer of some goods to the Russian territory of Kaliningrad.
Russia "will certainly respond to such hostile actions," senior security official Nikolai Patrushev said.
Lithuania says it is only following the EU sanctions imposed over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
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Post by karl on Jun 21, 2022 10:08:03 GMT -7
J.J. and Pieter
Perhaps to forgive my self for no reasonable informative reply, it is just at this time, It becomes a roll of dice as to which direction this situation will evolve in to, more or less a crap shoot..
Karl
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Post by Jaga on Jun 21, 2022 22:55:26 GMT -7
Now Russia is again very upset with Lithuania enforcing transit restrictions to Kaliningrad region. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/21/kaliningrad-lithuania-russia-reaction/Russia threatens Lithuania for enforcing E.U. sanctions on KaliningradMoscow warned Tuesday that Lithuania would face “serious” consequences for barring the transit of E.U.-sanctioned goods through its territory to Kaliningrad, the Russian enclave that serves as headquarters to Moscow’s Baltic Sea Fleet but has no land bridge to the rest of the country. Are you on Telegram? Subscribe to our channel for the latest updates on Russia's war in Ukraine. Lithuania, one of the Baltic states that have been among Ukraine’s staunchest supporters, has said it is implementing European Union sanctions that will restrict supply lines to the region, drawing fierce condemnation from the Kremlin, which described the decision as “unprecedented” and “hostile,” summoning the E.U.’s top diplomat in Moscow to object. The region of Kaliningrad, hundreds of miles west of the rest of Russia, has become the latest flash point between Moscow and Europe as the fallout from the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine widens. Kaliningrad’s city and port sit on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea between Lithuania and Poland, which are both part of the E.U. and NATO. It receives much of its supplies via Lithuania and Belarus and has maritime connections to Russia. How Kaliningrad, Russian territory surrounded by NATO, is tangled in Ukraine war Lithuania’s state rail operator, LTG, announced Friday that it would no longer allow Russian goods that are under E.U. sanctions, including coal, metals and construction materials, to transit through the country to Kaliningrad — which the region’s governor said would affect nearly half its imports. Officials in Moscow promised retaliation. |
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