// MAPPED VIDEO
Every place DW News mentions in "Kaliningrad: The tiny bit of Russia that threatens the West | Mapped Out", mapped
// THE CRUX Kaliningrad serves as Russia's heavily militarized Baltic enclave and key strategic pressure point against NATO, despite becoming increasingly vulnerable after NATO's Nordic expansion.
28 places, in order of mention
| 00:15 | Helsinki | two flights from Finland to Estonia in April |
| 00:17 | Tallinn | Both planes had to turn back |
| 00:27 | Baltic Sea | affecting planes and ships across the Baltic Sea |
| 00:39 | Kaliningrad | pointing to this little bit of Russia: Kaliningrad |
| 02:26 | London | flight times to various Western capitals from Kaliningrad |
| 02:27 | Berlin | flight times to various Western capitals from Kaliningrad |
| 02:29 | Paris | flight times to various Western capitals from Kaliningrad |
| 03:24 | Kaliningrad Oblast | This is their estimated strike range |
| 05:24 | Baltiysk | The Baltic Fleet is headquartered here, in Baltiysk |
| 07:17 | Chernyakhovsk | This is one of them, Chernyakhovsk air base |
| 08:38 | Brandenburg Gate Kaliningrad | The one in Kaliningrad, in Russia |
| 08:54 | Königsberg | it was East Prussia and Königsberg a German city |
| 10:14 | Yalta | the allies who had defeated Nazi Germany decided Europe's fate |
| 10:30 | Kaliningrad | A part of East Prussia went to the Soviet Union |
| 12:33 | Berlin | Then Europe changed again, the Soviet Union collapsed |
| 14:03 | Munich | Munich Security Conference 2007 Putin presented a Russian narrative |
| 15:40 | Suwałki Gap | This is the Suwalki Gap, seen as NATO's Achilles heel |
| 15:48 | Belarus | This is Belarus, Russia's closest ally |
| 16:38 | Lithuania | cut off the Baltic States, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia |
| 16:40 | Latvia | cut off the Baltic States, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia |
| 16:42 | Estonia | cut off the Baltic States, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia |
| 16:55 | Uppsala | Stefan Hedlund at Sweden's Uppsala University |
| 18:44 | Crimean Peninsula | Russia illegally annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula |
| 18:53 | Kyiv | and launched a full-scale invasion of the country |
| 20:05 | Finland | Finland and Sweden joined the military alliance |
| 20:08 | Sweden | Sweden should join NATO |
| 20:33 | Gotland | Sweden's Gotland Island is now NATO territory |
| 22:12 | Kaliningrad | and it's likely coming from Kaliningrad |