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City in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
Kaliningrad, until 1946 known in English as Königsberg, is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, an exclave of Russia between Lithuania and Poland. Located on the Pregolya River at the head of the Vistula Lagoon, it is the only ice-free Russian port on the Baltic Sea. Its population in 2020 was 489,359. Kaliningrad is the second-largest city in the Northwestern Federal District, after Saint Petersburg, and the eighth-largest city on the Baltic Sea.
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One of the four cardinal directions
West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth.
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The Russian leader insists Moscow is "not threatening anyone" and is merely responding to statements by Western leaders.
The Russian president said Moscow would respond with all weapons at its disposal, including nuclear weapons, if Kaliningrad came under direct attack or blockade.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated that Russia will respond to aggression with all available weapons in its arsenal if it comes under a direct attack