The Sword Plan NATO's large-scale military exercises, Putin gave a-for-tat dismount and arrived in Kaliningrad by special plane!
As many people know, NATO recently dispatched 90,000 people to hold a large-scale exercise, in addition to this, it will also dispatch a number of ships, aircraft and various types of combat vehicles, including aircraft carriers, to advance by sea, land and air, pointing at Russia!
* Reported, this NATO exercise may last more than 100 days! NATO even unabashedly claims that the exercises will show that NATO "is capable of carrying out complex military operations across thousands of kilometers under any conditions" and that NATO "is capable of defending all territories, from the Arctic region to the border with Russia."
Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the imaginary enemy of NATO's exercise is Russia! NATO wants to warn Russia with practical actions not to fight NATO's idea! When Europe** is speculating about what kind of response Russia will make! Russian press secretary Dmitry Peskov suddenly said that Russia's Putin had arrived in Kaliningrad directly by plane. Although Peskov kept explaining that this visit to Kaliningrad was just a daily arrangement in Putin's plan, and there was no need for the outside world to be too suspicious, Peskov's statement still made the outside world nervous.
Dare to take a special plane directly into NATO's rear on the day of NATO's exercise, how can anyone else except Putin have the guts!
Although Peskov said that this was a surprise visit, a passenger plane took off from St. Petersburg under the cover of the Russian Air Force and passed over the Baltic Sea, and it was impossible not to be detected by NATO countries along the Baltic Sea coast, but these NATO countries simply suppressed their inner impulse and did not make any reaction. This in itself sends a message to Russia, at least the NATO countries on the Baltic coast are still restrained, and even the anti-Russian vanguard of the three Baltic countries does not want to be in Russia **Putin flew to Kaliningrad**, which also makes Russia feel at ease.
As long as Russia continues to maintain its strong deterrent power, the Baltic Sea and the international airspace over the Baltic Sea will remain an important channel for Russia to connect with the outside world.
At the same time, it also shows that Putin does not intend to admit cowardice because of this NATO exercise!
In fact, Putin is not worried at all! You must know that although Kaliningrad covers an area of only 15,000 square kilometers, it is home to four divisions of the Russian army, with more than 50,000 troops. Russia's interests are in Kaliningrad, and as a result of its victory in World War II, Russia firmly controls the enclave in its own hands and uses it as a pawn nailed into the interior of Europe. As the relationship between Russia and Europe becomes increasingly tense and even sharply antagonistic, the strategic role of this chess piece is getting bigger and bigger, and the important significance of Putin's surprise visit to Kaliningrad is to tell Europe and NATO not to come nonsense, if they do, Russia will definitely make Europe and NATO unable to step down.
In fact, no matter how much NATO and Europe exclude Russia and threaten Russia at Russia's doorstep, they will not be able to squeeze Russia out of the European power structure. Because Europe itself is Russia's strategic center of gravity, if you want to increase pressure on Russia through such large-scale military exercises, you can only say that you underestimate Russia, because Russia's national character is that the more oppressed it is, the more powerful the resistance.
All in all, Putin used a surprise visit to immediately reduce the effect of NATO's huge large-scale military exercises, and I have to say that Putin is indeed a master.