UK support for Ukraine has prompted Russian state TV to simulate a terrifying nuclear strike on Europe, declaring in a TV rant there would be “no survivors”. The Mirror reports Vladimir Putin supporters on TV recreated nuclear strikes on three European capitals, claiming the nukes would hit Paris, Berlin, and London in around 200 seconds.
In response to comments made by the UK’s Armed Forces Minister in support of Ukrainian attacks on Russia, hosts on Channel One’s 60 Minutes programme claimed the nukes could strike European capitals less than four minutes after being launched. The terrifying claims about Russia's nukes were made on the popular TV show which is one of the country's most watched.
It is hosted by wife and husband Olga Skabeyeva and Evgeny Popov, and guest Aleksey Zhuravlyov said: "One Sarmat (missile) and that's it - the British Isles are no more."
Skabeyeva, who has been nicknamed the "Iron Doll of Putin TV" for her criticism of opposition parties, warned “but we are serious people” and she was told he was “saying that seriously. They're accusing us of state terrorism”.
Skabeyeva pointed out that the UK had nuclear weapons as well and “no one will survive this war”. The show then unveiled a map showing how the missiles could be launched from Kaliningrad, the Russian enclave between Poland, Lithuania and the Baltic Sea.
It claimed that Berlin could be destroyed by a nuclear strike in only 106 seconds, Paris in 200 seconds and London in 202 seconds. In response to continued western support for Ukraine, Putin recently ordered his military to test fire its Sarmat missiles.
The UK and other western nations have been providing equipment, military vehicles and weapons to the invaded country. Only last week, Putin claimed that his country’s hypersonic missiles could “break through all modern defences” and would be ready to lay siege to the UK “by autumn”.
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