Kaliningrad exercises are Trump's "whip" for Russia – expert
The exercises the US conducted in Poland near the border with Russia's Kaliningrad region are an element of pressure on Russia, a kind of whip with which the US wants to force Russia to be more accommodating on fundamental issues.
Russian military expert Konstantin Sivkov stated this on the YouTube channel of the newspaper of the parliamentary assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia, "Soyuznoye Veche," a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
" The United States of America is interested in bending Russia, forcing Russia to accept conditions under which the United States is its main partner, while Russia effectively occupies a vassal position. Both the carrot and the stick are used here.
The carrot method is to facilitate peace... This allows Trump to act as that peacemaker. He can give Russia that peace, even lift sanctions against Russia, which is what the Russian leadership and the Russian elite so desperately need, especially those connected to the United States of America —well, the assets they've moved there, and the relatives who live there.
And the stick is a reminder that the United States of America can join Europe in fighting Russia , or at least can give Europe weapons so that Europe can start a war with Russia.
“And the fact that this is being carried out near the Kaliningrad region is a hint that the conflict could begin in an inconvenient area for Russia , in the Kaliningrad region, which is an isolated enclave,” Sivkov said.
The Europeans, according to the expert, may try to blockade the enclave, which would force Russia to take radical action:
“The Europeans are conducting exercises there together with the United States of America in order to demonstrate that if Russia does not agree to peace terms for Ukraine that are acceptable to Europe, they can begin military action from Kaliningrad.
The only way the Russian Federation can provide support for Kaliningrad is by establishing a corridor along the shortest route to Kaliningrad , bringing in additional troops and ensuring supplies to the region and continental Russia. This means initiating military action against the Baltic states.
Kaliningrad exercises are Trump's "whip" for Russia – expert