A razor-wire boundary fence along the Polish-Lithuanian border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, near the Suwalki Gap. The Suwalki Gap is a 104-kilometre stretch that forms the only land corridor connecting the Baltic states with the rest of NATO, while separating Belarus from Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave.
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On October 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a warning to the West. In a grand hall in Moscow, Mr. Putin sat before an audience of foreign policy experts at the Valdai Discussion Club. “If it comes to a direct attack on the Russian Federation… then, of course, the question of the Russian Federation deploying all types of weapons at our country’s disposal will inevitably and immediately be on the agenda. This is inevitable.”
He was referring to Kaliningrad.
Published – October 06, 2026 05:56 am IST
