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Kaliningrad, a Russian enclave annexed from Germany by the Soviet Union after World War 2, is situated along the Baltic Coast and has been called the “most dangerous place in Europe”.

Russia has said previous deployments of Iskander missiles to Kaliningrad, a slice of Russia wedged between Poland and Lithuania, were temporary and a response to the United States building up its forces in the Baltic region.

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