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Disinfo: The Pentagon has a plan for destroying the Russian city of Kaliningrad

Summary

Leveling Kaliningrad – such threats come from the Commander of the US Armed Forces. They act in such a way that treating this as a stupid joke is no longer possible. It looks serious. The Americans not only think, but also openly say how they will destroy Russians.

Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin narrative on Western attempts to encircle Russia and Western belligerence.

Russian media has extensively misquoted General Jeffrey Harrigian's statements given during a press briefing reported by the digital magazine Breaking Defence. During the press briefing, Gen. Harrigian outlined tactics the U.S. Air Force is developing in response to the ongoing threat of Russian anti-aircraft, anti-ship, and surface-to-surface missiles based in Kaliningrad. No U.S. or NATO plans to conquest or attack Kaliningrad were mentioned.

As of 2014, following growing tensions between Russia and NATO countries, Russia has been increasing its military presence in the Kaliningrad region. Satellite imagery reported by the Federation of American Scientists in June 2018 showed renovations of what appears to be an active nuclear weapons storage site, about 50 kilometres from the Polish border.

Read full debunk by Polygraph here.

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60 minut @Rossiya 1 - YouTube [from 59:22 to 59:45] (Archived)
  • Reported in: Issue 166
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 29/09/2019
  • Language/target audience: Russian
  • Country: Russia, US
  • Keywords: security threat, Military, Anti-Russian

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