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The Latest Breaking News from Kaliningrad

Poland starts building fence on border with Russia

Poland started building a barbed-wire fence on its 210-kilometer (130-mile) border with Russia’s Kaliningrad region to prevent the Kremlin from sending asylum-seekers into the country, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said.

Tribune News Service

Poland building 130-mile wire fence to stop migrant influx from border over Russia war

The construction of the 130-mile long barbed wire fence with Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad has begun and will be carried out quickly since soldiers have experience of creating such barriers on the Polish-Belarusian border

Daily Mirror

Poland lays razor wire on border with Russia's Kaliningrad

Polish soldiers have begun laying razor wire along Poland’s border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad

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Poland to build razor-wire fence on border with Russia's Kaliningrad

Poland will build a razor-wire fence on its border with Russia's Kaliningrad, its defence minister said on Wednesday, amid concerns that the enclave might become a conduit for illegal migration.

Reuters

Poland mulls barrier on Kaliningrad border, says top official

Poland may have to build a barrier on its border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, a top Polish official said on Tuesday, as Warsaw suspects Russia plans to help African and Asian migrants cross over in the coming week.

Reuters

Lithuanians remain calm, but prepare for potential conflict

Officials and locals are ready should Lithuania be dragged into the Ukraine war, and a sense of resilience dominates.

Al Jazeera

Russian Defense Ministry Says Newly Mobilized Reservists Begin Training in Kaliningrad

Russia's Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that newly mobilized reservists in the Kaliningrad region have started combat training at the base of Russia's Baltic Fleet. "All mobilized military personnel comply with the standards for shooting from small arms.

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New Russian recruits train in Crimea and near Ukrainian border

Moscow said on Wednesday that training for newly mobilised reservists had started across Russia, in places including the Rostov region on the Ukrainian border and the Crimean peninsula seized from Ukraine in 2014.

Reuters

Vladimir Putin’s legs visibly twitch as he baffles schoolkids with comment about 'bums'

The President was visiting a group of pre-selected high-IQ students in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad after they spent two weeks in isolation when Covid-19 returned to the area

Daily Mirror

Putin accused of brainwashing Russian children as he spouts Ukraine propaganda at school

Vladimir Putin continues to insist the war in Ukraine is justified. As the country ramps up its effort to make schools more patriotic, the Russian president visited pupils in Kaliningrad and repeated claims Ukraine should be part of Russia

Daily Mirror

Playful Putin giggles as he makes baffling bum joke to bemused high-IQ Russian kids

Vladimir Putin smirked and laughed as he compared dilligence to having a "rubber bum" in-front of high-IQ schoolchildren after they were isolated for two weeks due to Covid-19 in Kaliningrad, Russia

Daily Mirror

Russia says it has deployed state-of-the-art hypersonic missiles to Kaliningrad

Three MiG-31 jets arrive in the region after two Russian jets are suspected of violating Finland’s airspace

The Independent UK

Russia deploys hypersonic missiles to its Baltic exclave

The Russian military has deployed warplanes armed with state-of-the-art hypersonic missiles to the country’s Kaliningrad region

The Independent UK

Russia says 3 MiG warplanes with hypersonic missiles moved to Kaliningrad region -media

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday three MiG-31E warplanes equipped with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles have been relocated to its Kaliningrad region, Interfax reported.

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Problems remain with Kaliningrad transit despite EU deal - Russia

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Kremlin says Kaliningrad transit outlook 'positive'

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that the European Union had understood how "essential" to Russia the issue of goods transit to the country's Kaliningrad exclave is.

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US accuses Russia of deepening global food crisis – as it happened

We are now pausing our live coverage of the war in Ukraine. We will return in a few hours to bring you all the latest developments.

Reuters

Lithuania lifts ban on rail transport of goods into Russian exclave -agencies

The Baltic state of Lithuania has lifted a ban on the rail transport of sanctioned goods into and out of the Russian territory of Kaliningrad, Russia's RIA news agency said on Friday.

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Kremlin says work still to be done on EU Kaliningrad transit deal

The Kremlin said on Thursday there was still work to be done over a European Union ban on the transit of sanctioned goods to the Russian territory of Kaliningrad.

Reuters

Lithuania to keep Kaliningrad trade restrictions while working out new rules

European Union member Lithuania will keep restrictions on trade flows to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad while it works out new rules, Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte said on Thursday.

Reuters

Lithuania will allow sanctioned Russian goods trade to Kaliningrad

European Union member Lithuania will adhere to the EU executive's advice that sanctioned Russian goods can transit to the Kaliningrad exclave, its Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

Reuters

EU says Kaliningrad rail transport not banned but should be checked

The European Union executive said on Wednesday that sanctioned Russian goods could transit through the bloc's territory by rail, after tensions between Moscow and EU member Lithuania escalated over trade with Russia's Kaliningrad exclave.

Reuters

Russia says EU ban on sanctioned goods transit to Kaliningrad 'not resolved'

The Kremlin said on Wednesday it was expecting progress over a possible European Union deal to allow Russia to transit some sanctioned goods to its Kaliningrad exclave via the EU, but the problem had not been resolved.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: Kyiv slams Russian citizenship decree

Ukraine news from July 11: Ukrainian foreign ministry says Moscow’s move is ‘encroachment’ on Kyiv’s sovereignty.

Reuters

Russia warns Lithuania it could take 'harsh' measures over Kaliningrad transit

Russia warned Lithuania and the European Union on Friday that it could adopt "harsh measures" against them if the transit of some goods to and from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad did not resume.

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