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Putin warns West that Russia is ready to use every weapon to protect Kaliningrad

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The Russian leader insists Moscow is "not threatening anyone" and is merely responding to statements by Western leaders.

What the coverage shows

All five outlets focus on Putin’s warning that Russia would respond to an attack with “all” weapons in its arsenal, and AP, South China Morning Post and The Guardian all frame it as a reiteration of Moscow’s position rather than a new policy shift. BBC News is the only outlet to foreground Kaliningrad in the headline and to stress Putin’s insistence that Russia is “not threatening anyone.” The Independent alone adds the sharper “against Europe” wording and mentions nuclear weapons in its extract.

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