Six NATO countries under sight: Russia has unfolded "Isanders" in Kaliningrad (photo, video)
"Six NATO countries - Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Sweden and Germany enter the radius of their action," the post reads. According to the Military Edition, the deployment of OTRK took place within the framework of the Russian-Belarusian exercises "West-2025", which will last from September 12 to September 16.
The head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus Pavel Muravyiko reported that the first stage involves the reflection of air attacks, the second - to work out offensive operations for the destruction of enemy groups. According to the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense, 30 thousand soldiers will be involved in maneuvers. The training will be held at the landfills of Russia and Belarus, as well as in the airspace and in the Baltic and Barents.
In addition, the newspaper notes that Russia has housed the "Iskander" OTRC in the Kaliningrad region since 2007, mostly temporarily, and the permanent base began in 2018 after the re-equipment of the 152nd missile brigade. At that time, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov explained it "destructive actions of NATO", and after a full -scale invasion in 2022, the Alliance developed a plan for the rapid destruction of the Russian enclave.
Earlier, Focus, with reference to media data, reported that a video with the starting installations of the "Iskander" in the Kaliningrad region appeared on the network. According to the authors, the technique moved near the Polish border. It was also reported that NATO intensified the protective measures on the eastern flank of Europe due to the violation of Poland's airspace by Russian drones.