# EU politicians’ statements on Kaliningrad have gone beyond all bounds — Russian MP

https://mins.news/en/item/88646

- TASS, 2026-10-06 20:39 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2198485

> Russian senator Alexander Shenderyuk-Zhidkov said Western threats, military exercises and spy-plane flights around Kaliningrad had crossed all limits. He said Russia had the right to use force, including nuclear weapons, against hostile states if escalation threatened its sovereignty there.

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