# NATO exercises near Kaliningrad borders would escalate tensions — expert

https://mins.news/en/item/57905

- TASS, 2026-09-14 15:12 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2187451

> Yevgeny Mishin, a member of Kaliningrad’s regional legislative assembly, says expanding NATO military exercises near the Russian region’s borders would further worsen the geopolitical situation. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski had proposed larger exercises, while Mishin recalled the Russian president’s repeated warning that aggression by EU countries would amount to a direct attack on Russia.