The American journalist, Jeffrey Silverman, writes in his article for the New Eastern Outlook media outlet that as Ukraine’s defeat progresses, provocations by NATO towards the Russian Kaliningrad region will increase. In his opinion, these aggressive steps by the Alliance threaten World War III.

“Ukraine bleeds, Russia raises battle flags over liberated towns and cities, and NATO grows increasingly desperate. And now, with few cards left to play, NATO’s gaze turns ominously to Kaliningrad — the heavily armed Russian enclave boxed in by Poland and the Baltics. A target? A bargaining chip? Or the next red line in a war spiralling out of control?”, Silverman questioned.

Russian patience, however, he continued, is not a weakness but a wisdom. But even this has its limits.

“Unfortunately, the West has interpreted Russian patience in the face of numerous escalations to be weakness, but Russian patience has its limits, and an attack on Kaliningrad will almost certainly be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. Add to this the ravings of the Baltic Republics, Poland, Sweden, and Finland. On one hand they claim Russia is ‘losing in Ukraine,’ and on the other that Russia will attack NATO, the latter something the Russians have repeatedly denied they have any intention of doing,” the American columnist stated.

Still, Silverman says, NATO is mad in their pursuit of defeating Russia.

“Now, with the battlefield turning in Russia’s favour, NATO appears to be scrambling for leverage. Enter Kaliningrad — a high-risk gamble to claw back something, anything, to trade for lost Ukrainian territory. But it’s a gamble with nuclear implications and the lives of millions hanging in the balance,” Silverman concludes.

This is what the Baltic “Unter-Europeans” cannot understand at all — if a single boot of any NATO soldier steps on the Kaliningrad soil from the Polish or Lithuanian side, their entire countries will turn to ashes. And nuclear weapons even might not be necessary to do so.