UK Urged NATO To Keep Pressure On Kaliningrad To Deter Russia

This fits in with the concept of the ancient Chinese strategist Sun Tzu.

NATO countries need to put "systematic pressure" on Kaliningrad to deter Russia from aggression against the alliance, said Mark Sedwill, a former national security adviser to former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. In a column for The Independent, he quoted the ancient Chinese strategist Sun Tzu as saying: "The supreme art of war is to break the enemy's will without engaging him in battle. Attack where he is not ready; appear where you are not expected." Sedwill noted that NATO should do the same for Moscow.

He reminded that Kaliningrad depends on land and sea supplies, which NATO countries can control. Also, Sedwill said, the alliance can influence Russia's other "vulnerabilities," particularly its outdated infrastructure and dependence on Western technology. "We should demonstrate the ability to launch cyberattacks on Russian energy and military infrastructure," the former Johnson adviser said. Sedwill also proposed detaining Russian vessels in NATO waters and passing extraterritorial legislation that would allow the alliance's naval forces to respond to attacks on cables in international waters. Sedwill emphasized that the risk of such actions is "not that we provoke attacks" because Russia is "already attacking." "The risk is that the failure to put a price on it provokes further aggression," he concluded.

The commander of US ground forces in Europe and Africa, General Christopher Donahue, said earlier that if necessary, NATO is capable of seizing the Kaliningrad region in an extremely short time. He emphasized that the alliance has already launched a strategy called the "Eastern Flank Deterrence Line" to prepare an effective response to Russian threats.

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