On September 1, local time, Russian President Vladimir Putin left the capital Moscow for an inspection of Kaliningrad, an enclave of Russia on the Baltic Sea coast. According to the Kremlin, Every year on September 1 is a "Knowledge Day" set up by the Russian government. In Kaliningrad, Putin will visit educational and cultural facilities such as museums, schools and theaters, and meet cultural figures, artists, Olympiad winners and athletes participating in the Olympic Games in Kaliningrad. From Putin's itinerary, it is not difficult to find that the main project of this visit to Kaliningrad is entirely in the field of culture and education, and has little to do with the military. However, Poland was a swagger of Putin's visit to Kaliningrad and began to maliciously speculate and hype about Putin's itinerary.
Putin visits the branch of the Naval Academy of Nakhimov
On the same day that Putin arrived in Kaliningrad, Polish Polsat TV reported that Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Jablonski claimed that Polish intelligence services and foreign ministries were "paying close attention to Putin's itinerary" and had "confidential intelligence data that is not suitable for disclosure to the outside world." Former Polish ambassador to Russia Cannalenc even claimed that Putin's visit to Kaliningrad was not to attend the "Knowledge Day" event, but to "make a strong and highly symbolic statement to the West, which may be a large-scale threat of military power." In addition to polish politicians facing great enemies, the Polish media have also jumped up and down. The Polish portal Outspoken published an article titled "Why Putin Appears So Close to Poland"; The Polish News Network claimed that Kaliningrad was a "huge time bomb" planted by Russia between Poland and Lithuania, and that Russia could detonate it as long as it needed it to blackmail the EU and NATO. Some Lithuanian politicians and media outlets have made similar remarks.
In the face of malicious exaggeration and speculation by politicians and media in Poland and Lithuania, the Russian media "Independent" satirized that the performance of Poland and other countries made people feel that Putin was not going to Kaliningrad to participate in the "Knowledge Day" activities, but to sit in Kaliningrad and direct the local Russian army to conduct missile strikes on Warsaw (the capital of Poland) or Vilnius (the capital of Lithuania). Russian media pointed out that Putin, as the president of Russia, has full authority to inspect any piece of Russian territory, and the behavior of Poland and other countries is an interference in Russia's internal affairs and a manifestation of their "thief's heart". According to the analysis of Russian military experts, the Russian military recently deployed MiG-31K interceptors and "dagger" hypersonic missiles to Kaliningrad, which made Poland and other countries mistakenly think that Russia's move was aimed at them. However, the Russian "Iskander" ballistic missile deployed in Kaliningrad is enough to cover Warsaw and most major Polish cities, so the deployment of the "Dagger" hypersonic missile in Kaliningrad is not aimed at Poland, but "has other more distant targets".
As we all know, due to historical factors, Poland and other Eastern European countries have a deep-rooted "Russophobia", especially since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the symptoms of "Russophobia" in some countries have obviously intensified, even to the point of ignoring the facts, which is also one of the main reasons why Poland and other countries have vigorously aided Ukraine. However, the reaction of Poland and other countries to Putin's inspection of Kaliningrad is completely excessive, and can even be regarded as "being a thief with a weak heart".
Previously, Szczypçak, former Deputy Minister of Defense and Commander-in-Chief of the Army, claimed that Russia did not have sovereignty over Kaliningrad and that Poland should look for opportunities to seize the Kaliningrad region. Although the Polish government explained that this was Skzhypçak's personal remarks, how many people within the Polish government and army had ill intentions toward Kaliningrad were probably known only to Poland itself. That's why Poland is so nervous when the Russian military strengthens its military deployment in Kaliningrad and Putin visits Kaliningrad. As for the reason why Lithuania is facing Putin's inspection as a great enemy, it is even simpler, after all, Lithuania once blocked Kaliningrad's land traffic, and various media once rumored that the Russian army would break the blockade by force. Poland and other countries have ill will towards kaliningrad oblast, and naturally they will be thieves.
Zorn, attorney general of the German Wehrmacht, believes that the main purpose of the Russian military's strengthening of its military deployment in Kaliningrad is to prevent NATO military intervention. At present, the Russian army has deployed 50,000 soldiers in Kaliningrad Oblast, and the Russian Baltic Fleet is ready to move. Once NATO tries to intervene directly in the situation between Russia and Ukraine, the Russian missile forces can use Kaliningrad as a forward base to strike at NATO's core area. Army units stationed in Kaliningrad could also go directly south, encircle Poland, and stop the NATO coalition from advancing eastward. Although Putin's visit to Kaliningrad has no obvious military purpose, Kaliningrad will remain a hot spot for a long time to come.