Vladimir Putin’s furious TV propagandists have called for Britain to be wiped out with nuclear weapons after reports that the UK is willing to give Ukraine permission to use its Storm Shadow missiles inside Russia.
Kremlin spokesmen compete with each other to outline the most shocking and devastating war plans imaginable, and numerous commentators describe how far Russia could go in a nuclear attack.
One proposed launching the Russian Satan-2 missile at Trafalgar Square, widely described as “the world’s deadliest weapon”, while another urged Putin to use the new Poseidon high-speed underwater drone and sink the UK under a radioactive tidal wave. .
It comes as US intelligence has led to the closure of several Western embassies in kyiv amid an expected massive Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital following the use of a US ATACMS missile to attack Putin’s territory.
Russian state media analyst Vladimir Kornilov criticized British newspaper headlines that said Storm Shadows “are ready for use in Russia” following the Ukrainian deployment of US missiles.
“Look, well, I have to say that, well, our Sarmat (Satan-2) missiles are also ready, always ready for use in Trafalgar Square,” Kornilov threatened.
The hypersonic Sarmat, known in the West as Satan-2, is a 208-ton intercontinental nuclear weapon launched from a silo at 25,000 km/h, the size of a 14-story tower, which Putin says is unstoppable for the West.
The Mach 25 rockets each carry ten 750-kiloton nuclear warheads and have a range of 7,500 miles.
But Putin’s chief propagandist, Vladimir Solovyov, said there was a better way to sink Britain, with the new Poseidon drone, a weapon unmatched by Western technology.
Russian state media analyst Vladimir Kornilov criticized British newspaper headlines that said Storm Shadows “are ready for use in Russia.”
MP and TV presenter Yevgeny Popov warned: “Special attention to Great Britain, our traditional enemy, as a significant part of the (Russian) Northern Fleet will work against (the United Kingdom).”
Hypersonic Sarmat, known in the West as Satan-2, is a 208-ton intercontinental nuclear weapon launched from a silo at 25,000 km/h.
It is not at all clear that Poseidon with “unlimited reach” has been adequately tested
Vladimir Putin on Tuesday morning approved an updated version of the Kremlin’s nuclear doctrine that expands the possibilities for Moscow to resort to its fearsome atomic arsenal.
“I want to see the Poseidon (a high-speed underwater nuclear drone) – it’s so beautiful,” he told state television viewers across Russia’s 11 time zones.
‘This is the beauty of this (tidal wave), the glow of the radiation, and then (Britain) gets swept away like this.
“These stables of British imperialism have been leveled. It’s incredible.”
Like Satan-2, it is far from clear that Poseidon with “unlimited reach” has been adequately tested. However, Putin sees it as part of his new nuclear arsenal and classifies it as a “super weapon.”
It is designed to carry strategic nuclear warheads of up to 100 megatons and could unleash catastrophic destruction.
It could also be deployed with lower firepower as a tactical weapon.
Some reports say its underwater speed is up to 115 mph, with the ability to operate at depths less than 3,000 feet.
It is expected to be ready soon, but details of the tests remain.
Meanwhile, Putin’s propaganda warriors have released images seen in July that list seven specific targets in England and Scotland, while stressing that “all European capitals are at risk.”
Hardline MP and TV presenter Yevgeny Popov warned: ‘Special attention to Britain, our traditional enemy, as a significant part of the (Russian) Northern Fleet will work against (the UK).’
Kornilov proposed launching the Russian Satan-2 apocalyptic missile at Trafalgar Square
“I want to see the Poseidon (high-speed underwater nuclear drone) – it’s so beautiful,” said Putin’s chief propagandist Vladimir Solovyov.
“Washington has put under attack not only London, but also Manchester, Birmingham, the largest naval base at Devonport, Clyde in Scotland, where the King stores his Trident nuclear missiles, Portsmouth and Chatham Dockyard in the county of Kent.
“This is Britain at its most vulnerable.
“Basically, all it would take would be three missiles and this civilization would collapse.”
He threatened: ‘It is not difficult to guess the geography of the response if the White House (plans) become a reality.
‘All European capitals are at risk (from) our missiles in Kaliningrad: Berlin, Warsaw, all the Baltic republics, Paris, Bucharest, Prague…
“Of course, also the American bases in Germany… Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Patch Barracks (Stuttgart), Spangdahlem (and) Ramstein.”
He accused the “Western bloc” of misinterpreting the impact on Russia of the US measure, highlighted at the recent NATO summit in the United States.
“No reaction, no reflection and no attempt to analyze the implications,” he said.
“A quick study of the missile specifications is enough to realize that the United States is throwing Europe into the crucible of a world war with mutually assured destruction.”
Yesterday, Putin approved an updated version of the Kremlin’s nuclear doctrine that expands the scope for Moscow to resort to its fearsome atomic arsenal on the same day that US-made missiles rained down on Russian soil.
The new document, first announced in September, allows Putin’s strategic forces to deploy their devastating weapons if Russia or Belarus are threatened by a non-nuclear nation supported by a nuclear power.
Threats that could justify a nuclear response by Russian leaders include an attack with conventional missiles, drones or other aircraft, according to the updated document.
Ukraine’s attack yesterday on a munitions depot in Russia’s Bryansk region with US-supplied ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System) meets these criteria, and Moscow said it marks a “new phase of the Western war.”
ATACMS – Army Tactical Missile – fired from an M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System
“This is, of course, a sign that they want to escalate the situation,” said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, while foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin said attempts by NATO countries to facilitating Ukrainian missile attacks inside Russia “would not go unpunished.”
But Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry issued a defiant statement despite the Kremlin’s nuclear saber-rattling, declaring that “Ukraine will never submit to the occupiers and the Russian military will be punished for violating international law.”
“We need peace through force, not appeasement,” the ministry added, as Volodymyr Zelensky called on kyiv’s allies to “force” Moscow into a “just peace” and promised that his troops would “never surrender.” .
Snowflakes illuminate during the actual firing of the British Army’s new Archer Mobile Howitzer cannon near Rovaniemi in the Arctic Circle.
The US supply of ATACMS to Ukraine for attacks in Russia along with shipments of antipersonnel mines suggests that the Biden administration is struggling to leave Ukraine in the best possible position before Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
In eastern Ukraine, Russian forces are advancing steadily towards the logistics hub of Pokrovsk, having seized large swaths of territory in the Donetsk region in recent months.
Putin’s army seized 185 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory in October, a record since the first weeks of the conflict in March 2022, according to an analysis of data provided by the Institute for the Study of War’s real-time conflict tracker. .
There are growing concerns that Trump could push for a hasty ceasefire that requires Ukraine to give up significant portions of its territory, a prospect that leaves both sides scrambling to capture as much land as possible to strengthen their position ahead of negotiations.