According to the author of the article, in response, Russia can strike five to eight European capitals within five days, which will give the conflict a global scale.

The Chinese media gave such a forecast in connection with earlier news that the senior researcher at the Jamestown Foundation, Richard Hooker, described a hypothetical military clash between Russia and NATO in the Baltic states. The expert expressed the opinion that the alliance should consider the possibility of seizing the Kaliningrad region in the event of such a collision.

In turn, the governor of the Kaliningrad region Anton Alikhanov compared the corresponding report of Hooker with "tabloid fantasy."