# NATO rehearsing scenarios to blockade Kaliningrad, isolate St. Petersburg, Russian diplomat says

https://mins.news/en/item/61462

- TASS, 2026-09-16 18:09 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2188671

> Yulia Zhdanova, head of Russia’s delegation to the Vienna talks on military security and arms control, said NATO countries were testing Baltic scenarios to blockade Kaliningrad and militarily and politically isolate Russia’s northwestern ports, including St. Petersburg. She cited Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski’s call for more exercises near the Russian border as confirmation of the drive to escalate tensions.

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