Russia stages war games in Kaliningrad enclave, Ifax says
(Reuters) – Russia staged conflict video games on Saturday in Kaliningrad – an enclave on the Baltic Sea sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania – Interfax information company cited the Baltic Fleet Command as saying, days after a senior official warned European international locations in opposition to any potential motion in opposition to Kaliningrad.
“As much as 1,000 army personnel… and greater than 60 army gear items have been concerned within the management checks,” Interfax information quoted the Russian Baltic Fleet Command’s press service as saying.
Individually, 20 Su-27 fighters and Su-24 front-line naval aviation bombers carried out deliberate fight coaching in a single day, simulating assaults on low-speed air and floor targets, command posts and army gear in Kaliningrad, Interfax mentioned.
It didn’t give a purpose for the workout routines or say once they had been deliberate.
Russian Deputy Overseas Minister Alexander Grushko warned European international locations on Wednesday in opposition to any potential motion in opposition to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, saying “this is able to be taking part in with hearth.”
Russia despatched tens of 1000’s of troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24 in what it referred to as a particular operation to degrade its southern neighbour’s army capabilities and root out individuals it referred to as harmful nationalists.
The West has imposed sweeping sanctions in an effort to drive Russia to withdraw its forces, and NATO has beefed up its defences on its japanese flank.
(Reporting by Reuters; Enhancing by Frances Kerry)
