On Saturday, September 13, photos and videos appeared online showing two Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system launchers on a road in Kaliningrad Oblast. Each launcher was armed with a 9M723 ballistic missile.
BREAKING NEWS Russian Army have reportedly deployed an Iskander missile system on a highway in the Kaliningrad region near the Polish border.pic.twitter.com/75xbBb78mD— Mighty Military (@MilitaryMighty) September 13, 2025
The deployment apparently took place as part of the Zapad-2025 exercises. Earlier reports noted that russia and belarus will conduct six military exercises in September. Regardless of the formal reasons for deploying the Iskanders, it is clear in practice that russia has targeted these missile systems toward Poland, and several European countries fall within their potential strike radius.
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The OSINT community CyberBoroshno localized the positions of the two Iskander launchers in Kaliningrad Oblast — specifically along the E28 highway, north of the settlement of Kudryavtsevo.
Considering the maximum possible range of the 9M723 ballistic missile at 500 km, potential targets in Europe include most of the Baltic countries — Lithuania (including Vilnius), Latvia (including Riga), and roughly one-third of Estonia; nearly all of Poland (including Warsaw); small parts of Germany and Denmark (Bornholm Island); and parts of Sweden.
Notably, the capitals of Sweden and Germany, Stockholm and Berlin, are less than 100 km from the missile's maximum strike radius.
In this context, it is worth noting that Defense Express previously reported on the purported 1,000 km-range version of the Iskander, allegedly entering production in russia, and analyzed how realistic such claims are.
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