Putin’s Achilles’ Heel Left Exposed As Russia Loses Its Grip On Kaliningrad | Edward Lucas

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"If Russia is going to break up, this is where it will start." Despite Putin’s nuclear “sabre-rattling”, Kaliningrad is far from the "formidable military fortress" it is often portrayed as. Russia’s grip on its isolated Baltic exclave is “increasingly fragile”, potentially making it Putin’s Achilles’ heel, says Edward Lucas. Edward Lucas was speaking to Kait Borsay on The Evening Edition on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday-Thursday from 7-10pm Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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