Kaliningrad Deployments Of S-400 Air Defense, Iskanders Called Counter To Missile Shield

In a response to NATO activities, Russia will deploy S-400 air defense and Iskander ballistic missile systems in the Kaliningrad exclave on the Baltic Sea, reports Sky News (U.K.), citing a pro-Kremlin Russian lawmaker.

The Kremlin's move is directly linked to the U.S. missile shield in Europe, said Viktor Ozerov, the head of the defense committee in the Federation Council, Russia's upper house of Parliament.

In the past, Russia said its deployments of the missiles were for...