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Former Latvian Interior Minister Maris Gulbis said Lithuania's restriction on transit to the Kaliningrad region is a signal from NATO and the EU to Russia about the possibility of “taking Koenigsberg”. He said this on TV24.
“This is the first step by Europe and NATO to cut off Kaliningrad, the former capital of East Prussia, from Russia … I began to think that Europe understood very well what it was doing, “He said.” According to him, a clear signal was sent to the Russians – if you show off, we will take Koenigsberg.
The politician also said that Western leaders are now “too soft” compared to the former US. President Ronald Reagan and former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Gulbis believes that from the very beginning of hostilities in Ukraine, US President Joe Biden should have addressed Russian President Vladimir Putin with a statement: “Vladimir, we are now taking away Kaliningrad.”
Previously, Lithuania banned the transit of sanctioned goods through its territory. from Russia to the Kaliningrad region. Russia's Foreign Ministry official Maria Zakhar said that Lithuania had crossed enemy lines.