No, Lithuania is just the pin on the hand grenade.
As a member of NATO, any Russian attack on Lithuania brings all of NATO to war with Russia. Article 5.
So the blockade of the RR corridor is being used to instigate a Russian “attack” in order to justify a total NATO vs Russia war.
Right on!
This is the Big Lie being pushed by Russia disinformation.
Russia is not going to attack Lithuania. That would pull NATO into the war in Ukraine, which is the absolute last thing Russia wants or needs. Russian knows it, and NATo knows it. NATO has a vastly superior strategic position, and Russia already has all can handle with the war in Ukraine.
Because Russia is powerless to do anything about those actions, the only weapon it has is propaganda. So, they are trying to kill the EU/NATO sanctions by promoting the bogus idea that they'll start World War 3.
Assuming Russia truly is winning in Ukraine, why the hell would they risk snatching defeat from the jaws of victory by pulling in NATO, simply to get some industrial materials to Kaliningrad? It makes zero sense, but the pro-Russian lobby is pushing that narrative anyway because they are rooting for Russia's expansion and success.
Except it’s not a blockade, it’s access through Lithuanian sovereign territory. Russia has boats and freedom of navigation.
We need to get out of the mindset that Russia has some sort of right to their neighbors. Russia is going to seek to control the border states either by soft power/coups (Belaruse), or by force. If Nato pusses out, Russia will just attempt to annex these states, lose, and go nukes.
Königsberg Is only Russian by ethnic cleansing, same as Crimea, the Donbas, etc. tells us all we need to know about Russia