"Putin has not left another choice": Why Russia took away air defense from Kaliningrad

The media stressed that the isolated region is one of the most sensitive and is of great strategic importance to the Kremlin. However, he was deprived of air defense systems to protect the territory captured in Ukraine. The UK Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian Federation has moved the Kaliningrad air defense systems to the front line in Ukraine. This solution is related to the large losses of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. This is stated in Independent from November 27.

"It seems that Vladimir Putin has not left a choice of how to weaken the defense of Kaliningrad, an outpost that borders NATO members on three sides and is considered one of Moscow's most strategically sensitive regions," journalists said. According to the media, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation lost "especially" many air defense systems C-400 in temporarily occupied territories. In particular, at least four such complexes were only within a week of defense forces.

The media emphasized that Kaliningrad is geographically completely separated from the main territory of the aggressor country. This city is clamped between Poland and Lithuania on the Eastern NATO flank. The isolated region is available to the Russians only through the Suvoral Corridor. "Moscow attaches to Kaliningrad strategic importance because the Baltic port houses the Russian Baltic Fleet, and it is one of the few non -freezing European ports of Russia," journalists emphasized.