Vladimir Putin should destroy ‘damn’ Britain by sinking it under the sea, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has demanded.
The threat came as the Kremlin carried out strategic missile exercises with its nuclear Yars missiles in Siberia to mark the dictator’s 72nd birthday, amid high tensions with the West.
Giant mobile launchers were driven on remote routes in the Novosibirsk region of southern Russia to practice finding positions to launch nuclear strikes.
The dictator’s friend responded on his Telegram channel to a claim by sports star Yelena Välbe that all the Kremlin’s problems would be solved by bombing London.
“Our famous skier Yelena Välbe proposed dropping a bomb on London,” said Medvedev, now Putin’s deputy on the Kremlin Security Council.
“That’s true, of course, but we need to solve the problem at its roots and sink the damned island of Anglo-Saxon dogs immediately.”
Russian Yars mobile rocket launchers deployed for combat patrols in Russia’s Novosibirsk region, according to undated images
The Russian Ministry of Defense released the images of the military exercises on October 7
The Kremlin organized strategic missile exercises with its nuclear Yars missiles in Siberia to mark the dictator’s 72nd birthday
His vitriol reflects the Kremlin’s calculation that Britain is Ukraine’s biggest international supporter, and the biggest supporter of the US green light for the use of Western long-range missiles to hit Russian territory.
Skier Välbe, 56, a highly decorated sportswoman and now president of the Russian Cross-Country Federation, stated: “I think if we had thrown a serious bomb in the center of London, everything would have ended now, and we would have been allowed everywhere.”
‘You know, Russia’s struggle with the outside world has been going on for centuries. We were never loved.
“Even when they pretended to let us in everywhere, they still didn’t like us.
‘As I say, they always stand with a dagger on their back.
“I like it when the country is strong, and I think it’s our strength that irritates the whole world.”
Somehow she believed that if Britain were destroyed, other countries would stop boycotting Russia, and would also allow the country back into the Olympics.
A propaganda outlet recently simulated a Russian nuclear attack on London that would kill 850,000 and injure two million
Russian Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile launch on April 20, 2022
“If you imagine that the British Isles suddenly sank into the ocean in one of the last six centuries, then there would indeed be less problems for the rest of the world for a period of time,” he said.
But assuming Britain no longer existed, “others will take the place that becomes vacant,” he warned.
Former boxer Nikolai Valuev, 51, now a Putin-backed MP for the Kremlin-loyal United Russia Party, said: ‘If you imagine that the British Isles suddenly sank into the ocean over the past six centuries, then in the world there would indeed be fewer problems for a certain period of time.’
But if Britain no longer exists, “others will take the place that becomes vacant,” he warned.
Giant mobile launchers were driven on remote routes in the Novosibirsk regions to practice finding positions for launching nuclear strikes
Putin’s propagandists and entourage have repeatedly warned that he could use nuclear weapons
Dmitry Kiselyov, 70, seen as the autocrat’s most trusted TV mouthpiece, recently warned that Britain would become a target if Britain gave Ukraine the green light to fire its Storm Shadow missiles into Russian territory.
Images of the Yars launchers were obtained from the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Monday, October 7, along with a statement claiming: ‘Autonomous launchers of the mobile ground-based missile system ‘Yars’ have been deployed on combat patrol routes in the Novosibirsk Missile Division. ‘
The Russian Ministry of Defense added: “The strategic missile forces are working on tasks and objectives, including intensive maneuver actions on combat patrol routes as part of their combat duty.
‘The crews of the mobile ground missile systems ‘Yars’ carry out marches of up to 100 kilometers, carry out activities for the technical preparation of field positions, organize camouflage and ensure combat security.
‘The soldiers will also practice countering sabotage and reconnaissance groups.
“These planned combat training activities make it possible to test the readiness of personnel, as well as armament and military equipment, for long-term service in field conditions.”
In addition, a propaganda outlet simulated a Russian nuclear attack on London, which would cause 850,000 deaths and two million injuries.
The broadcast of the four-minute video with English commentary last month appears to be part of a concerted campaign to scare Britain into allowing Ukraine to allow Storm Shadow missiles to hit targets in Russia.
Putin’s propagandists and entourage have repeatedly warned that he could use nuclear weapons, although Ukraine has long labeled the threats as mere “sabre-rattling” aimed at deterring his allies from providing further support.