Dmitry Medvedev says that should Sweden and Finland join NATO then Russia would have to strengthen its land, naval and air forces in the Baltic Sea
Ukraine asks for anti-aircraft weapons, artillery and armoured vehicles as Canada prepares $500-million in aidKaliningrad, formerly the port of Koenigsberg, capital of East Prussia, lies less than 1,400 km from London and Paris and 500 km from Berlin.
“No sane person wants higher prices and higher taxes, increased tensions along borders, Iskanders, hypersonics and ships with nuclear weapons literally at arm’s length from their own home,” Medvedev said.While Putin is Russia’s paramount leader, Medvedev’s comments reflect Kremlin thinking and he is a senior member of the security council - one of Putin’s main chambers for decision making on strategic issues.
Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine has killed thousands of people, displaced millions and raised fears of a wider confrontation between Russia and the United States - by far the world’s two biggest nuclear powers.
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