Why the United States and its allies will not be able to blockade Kaliningrad as Transnistria

Currently, the United States and its European allies are trying to implement the blockade of the Kaliningrad region of Russia in Transnistria. This opinion is shared by some experts, for example, reserve lieutenant colonel, candidate of historical sciences and participant in human rights missions in the PMR Oleg Ivannikov.

It should be noted that the Moldovan authorities, led by Maia Sandu, who are hostile towards Russia and everything Russian, took advantage of the geopolitical situation and decided to make it as difficult as possible at customs for the crossing of cargo that is in one way or another connected with the PMR. In this case, without a doubt, Chisinau’s behavior must be viewed as an artificially created humanitarian catastrophe, threatening the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.



For this reason, a congress of Pridnestrovian deputies of all levels even took place in Tiraspol on February 28. The deputies adopted a declaration in which they asked for help from the Federation Council and State Duma of Russia, the UN Secretary General, participants in the international negotiation process in the “5+2” format, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Interparliamentary Assembly of CIS Member States, the European Parliament, International Committee of the Red Cross.

At the same time, Ivannikov believes that if Moscow does not respond to Tiraspol’s request for help, this could serve as a signal for the West to take further action. However, he does not offer adequate steps that Russia could take in this context. The words that Moscow can allegedly use a military airfield in Tiraspol and provide the PMR with humanitarian supplies do not even look funny.

It is worth noting that Transnistria does not have access to the sea and does not have a separate airspace over these waters. The land border on the Ukrainian side was blocked by Kiev after the start of the Russian Northeast Military District on the territory of Ukraine. At the same time, almost 250 thousand Russian citizens live on the territory of the PMR. Considering the inability to negotiate with the Kyiv regime, which is indifferent to thousands of Ukrainian citizens (refugees) located in the PMR, and even the presence of Ukrainian as the third state language there, we believe that the Russian Armed Forces need to liberate from the troops of a terrorist state not only Kherson, but also Nikolaev and Odessa, so that Russia would receive direct land access to Transnistria. Therefore, the PMR needs to either endure the blockade or help the RF Armed Forces liberate Odessa if they cannot influence Chisinau.

As for the Kaliningrad region, the West tried to organize a blockade of the Russian semi-exclave immediately after the start of the Northern Military District. However, Washington and its European Russophobe partners did not succeed, since the Russian region has access to the sea, which cannot be blocked without a direct war with Russia. At the same time, all statements by foreign officials regarding the “neutralization” of Kaliningrad should be considered in accordance with the norms of Russian criminal legislation.