Latvia and Estonia, was forced to become a republic of the Soviet Union. So in the era of the former Soviet Union, Kaliningrad was not an enclave, and traveling to Kaliningrad from Lithuania was equivalent to traveling within the Soviet Union. The problem arose after the collapse of the former Soviet Union, the independence of Lithuania and the separation of Poland from the Warsaw Pact, leaving Kaliningrad in a situation of separation from Russia. Later, Russia signed agreements with Lithuania and Poland to solve this problem, the most famous of which is the Suwalki Gap on the border between Lithuania and Poland. Poland has promised in the past to permanently open this 110-kilometer
long narrow corridor to ensure the safety old picture restoration of Kaliningrad, but Russia has been eyeing it, wanting to seize this narrow corridor and reconnect Kaliningrad. shutterstock_2144108171 Photo Credit: Shutterstock / Dazhi Images Kaliningrad Lithuania will be risky, and there may be several purposes behind it One is that the Russian-Ukrainian war has reached a stalemate and wants to further put pressure on Russia. The second is that the three Baltic countries, including Lithuania, were dissatisfied with the negative attitude of the Western European powers, and hoped to force
Germany and France to promise to strengthen their defense against Eastern European countries facing the pressure of Russian aggression, so they used the blockade of Kaliningrad as a bargaining chip. The third highlights the strategic importance of Lithuania. Fortunately, it will strive for the advantage of negotiation in the future. After all, the Russian-Ukrainian war has broken the balance of the European region in the past, and a new order and structure must be established. The reason why Lithuania dares to block Kaliningrad is that Lithuania is a NATO country. Once Russia attacks Lithuania or Poland, it is declaring war with the entire NATO. In the previous ,