(https://rybar.ru/piwigo/upload/2024/09/27/20240927130234-6f2fc718.jpg) What is NATO preparing against Russia in the Baltics?
The information background around the Baltics has been constantly making headlines in various media in recent weeks. And it would seem that the Baltic states have always been distinguished by populist slogans and shouts against the Russian Federation.
However, in reality, there is one significant difference compared to previous years. Now, on the northern front, they are echoed by the newly minted member of the Alliance - Finland, which immediately began working as part of the bloc.
Exercises that are taking place almost weekly with allies or independently in one way or another affect Russia - either in the Gulf of Finland, or on the Kola Peninsula, or a couple of dozens of kilometers from Karelia.
The situation is exacerbated by the high political activity of Finland's neighbors across the bay - Estonia and other countries in the region:
➖Recently, the Chief of the General Staff of the Estonian Defense Forces, Vahur Karus, stated (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/21893229&ved=2ahUKEwizx5DN-OKIAxWEMhAIHbq4OkgQFnoECDUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1RW2o3zsh9r-QgROyBVD3l) that the country is preparing for a preemptive strike against Russia.
➖Then the Commander of the Estonian Defense Forces, Andrus Merilo, visited Helsinki, where he stated (https://t.me/lady_north/1928) that they are preparing a plan to close the Gulf of Finland.
➖In the German media, echoed by the Estonians, it was stated (https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/ndr-wdr/russland-ostsee-spionage-100.html) that Russian civilian ships are conducting reconnaissance in the Baltic and North Seas, which raises the question of the need to close the passage for them.
➖Now, in the Estonian segment, they are spreading the words of the head of the Military Committee, Rob Bauer, that the Alliance must be ready for war with Russia.
➖German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that Germany will be the pillar of deterrence against Russia in Europe, and the German base in Lithuania will be fully formed by 2027.
➖Immediately after this, it became known (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/27/09/2024/66f67f3c9a7947581b91fb69&ved=2ahUKEwia_uPM_eKIAxVGLRAIHazoAB4QFnoECBYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1_bMs6mxOr9WzFyQdfgQna) about the formation of a NATO headquarters in the Finnish city of Mikkeli, bordering Russia.
And all these events occurred almost within the past week. Quite a lot even for the Baltic republics, which act as a plug in every NATO barrel.
And if we look back at the exercises that have been held over the past six months, including Steadfast Defender, we can see one common trend for almost every one of them - they practiced the scenario of a direct conflict with Russia.
First of all, what they paid attention to during the imaginary war was the blockade of the main arteries, namely the Gulf of Finland by the NATO expeditionary force, as well as the Kaliningrad region by cutting Original msg (https://t.me/rybar/63889)
