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First Ukraine, Now Russia threatened to deploy nuclear weapons in and around the Baltic Sea region if Finland and Sweden join the NATO. As President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine spreading this warning can not be over ruled.
“In this case, there can be no talk of non-nuclear status for the Baltic,” Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chief of Russia’s Security Council and former president, said in a Telegram post Thursday, suggesting Russia may deploy Iskander missiles, hypersonic weapons and nuclear-armed ships in the region.
The threats were empty because Russia already keeps nuclear weapons in its exclave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea, Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas told..