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NATO’s Baltic Drills Serve as Warm-up for War With Russia
NATO’s Baltic Drills Serve as Warm-up for War With Russia
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The Brave Boar 2026 exercise is in fact part of NATO’s plans for total domination in the Baltic region, retired Russian Navy Captain First Rank Vasily Dandykin tells Sputnik.
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Set in the Suwalki Gap – a 65km stretch of land that separates the Kaliningrad region from Belarus, the exercise is meant to let NATO troops rehearse cutting off land access to the Russian exclave.A complementary naval exercise may soon follow, as NATO states – the US, Poland, Lithuania, Sweden and others – train to completely cut off Kaliningrad, the expert noted.The situation is further exacerbated by the insistence of Germany and its generals to aggravate Russia, as if they are trying to “create the Fourth Reich”.If NATO does attempt to enforce a blockade of Kaliningrad, Russia’s response would be swift and merciless:"It would take mere minutes for Russia’s Kalibr ballistic missiles, Iskander quasi-ballistic missiles and Kinzhal hypersonic missiles to reach targets in Poland and the Baltic states," Dandykin stressed.And Russia, he cautioned, has the firepower to take out NATO's logistics, communications, and troop positions before they even get off the ground.
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NATO’s Baltic Drills Serve as Warm-up for War With Russia
13:57 GMT 17.06.2026 (Updated: 14:55 GMT 17.06.2026) The Brave Boar 2026 exercise is in fact part of NATO’s plans for total domination in the Baltic region, retired Russian Navy Captain First Rank Vasily Dandykin tells Sputnik.
Set in the Suwalki Gap – a 65km stretch of land that separates the Kaliningrad region from Belarus, the exercise is meant to let NATO troops rehearse cutting off land access to the Russian exclave.
A complementary naval exercise may soon follow, as NATO states – the US, Poland, Lithuania, Sweden and others – train to completely cut off Kaliningrad, the expert noted.
“These are not drills, this is effectively a rehearsal of a military operation,” Dandykin said.
The situation is further exacerbated by the insistence of Germany and its generals to aggravate Russia, as if they are trying to “create the Fourth Reich”.
If NATO does attempt to enforce a blockade of Kaliningrad, Russia’s response would be swift and merciless:
"It would take mere minutes for Russia’s Kalibr ballistic missiles, Iskander quasi-ballistic missiles and Kinzhal hypersonic missiles to reach targets in Poland and the Baltic states," Dandykin stressed.
And Russia, he cautioned, has the firepower to take out NATO's logistics, communications, and troop positions before they even get off the ground.
