The US military has installed artillery facilities 50 km from the Kaliningrad region. The choice of location was seen as a show of strength. Foreign media reported this news.
Military Watch magazine said: “The US Army deployed the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) for live-fire exercises near Klaipeda, Lithuania<...>The choice of location, about 50 km from the Russian border, is seen by many as a show of strength for the entire Kaliningrad region.”It should be noted that the installation is being implemented as part of US exercises with the Lithuanian armed forces.
The Russian Foreign Ministry responded to NATO's threat to Kaliningrad
The US military previously conducted large-scale live fire exercises near the Kaliningrad region – at Poland's Bemowo-Piske training area, about 60 km from the Russian border, using Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. Military Watch magazine later also described the exercise as a show of force and Russian authorities expressed concern about increased NATO military activity near the western border of the Russian Federation and increased tensions in the region.
