The State Duma has listed the capabilities of the Sarmat missile

The supply of systems with the Sarmat heavy intercontinental missile for combat duty is directed against the strategic forces of the enemy, as well as large military-industrial complexes and administrative centers. Andrei Kolesnik, a member of the State Duma's defense committee, expressed this opinion on Wednesday, November 5.

"These are ballistic missiles. Very difficult in every sense. And these missiles are not intercepted, they can reach anywhere on Earth," the deputy said in an interview with Lenta.Ru .

He recalled that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko had said that an escalation was taking place around the Kaliningrad region, meaning there was an attempt to implement a complete blockade of the region.

Kolesnik explained that, according to military doctrine, the blockade of any subject of Russia leads to war.

"There are no barriers for Sarmat. Where the Sarmat is, where it will arrive, there will be land that is uninhabitable, if there is any land left after all these pressures from the West," the parliamentarian concluded.

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Grushko said in an interview with Izvestia on the same day that NATO was working out a scenario for blocking the Kaliningrad region and pumping up the Baltic region with its own forces and means.

According to him, it is very difficult to see the potential for dialogue in order to reduce tension in these conditions. Life.Ru Unlike the Russian Federation, NATO countries do not demonstrate openness to conducting honest and equitable discussions on ways to de-escalate in the region.

Earlier, on October 28, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kastutis Budris confirmed that Vilnius "reserves the opportunity" to close transit to the Russian region "to ensure security," RT reports.

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