Wargame Shows How Vulnerable Europe Is to a Russian Attack

The key question is: How soon? 

The earlier belief in Berlin and other capitals was that Russia wouldn’t be able to threaten NATO until 2029 or so. There is now a growing consensus that such a crisis could come much sooner

—before Europe, which is expanding its own investment in defense, is in a position to fight back.

President Vladimir Putin wants to resurrect the glories of the Russian Empire, making countries that were once part of it, such as the Baltic nations of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, obvious targets. 

All of them have been members of the EU and NATO for two decades.

In the exercise, Russia used the pretext of a humanitarian crisis in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad to seize the Lithuanian city of Marijampole, a key crossroads in the narrow gap between Russia and Belarus. 

https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/a-wargame-shows-just-how-vulnerable-europe-is-to-a-russian-attack-12dfdbfa

Kaliningrad

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2022/06/kaliningrad.html

Sverige har enligt regeringen bistått Ukraina med sammanlagt 114 miljarder kronor sedan Ryssland inledde sitt fullskaliga invasionsförsök i februari 2022. 

Drygt 24 miljarder har varit civilt stöd. Resten militärt i form av bland annat vapen, vapensystem och ammunition.

https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/en-miljard-i-svenskt-energistod-till-ukraina