Earlier this month, Gen. Christopher T. Donahue, commanding general of US Army Europe and Africa, said that NATO had sufficient capabilities to neutralize Russia's Kaliningrad region in case of a conflict and had already developed a corresponding plan.
"It is obvious that the threats against the Kaliningrad region are yet another confirmation of the aspirations of NATO member-states to violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Russia by military means," Patrushev told Sputnik.