What is on kremlin mind is immediately said on propagandist tongues.
Russian television panelist has made the latest nuclear threat on Kremlin-controlled media by saying missiles could be fired at the U.S. and the U.K.
The comment came as the fate of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant was being discussed on Monday’s edition of Vremya Pokazhet (Time Will Tell) on Russia’s First Channel.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is growing increasingly alarmed by military action at the facility located around 140 miles northeast of the Russian-occupied port city of Mariupol.
If, God forbid, the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant is damaged and a disaster happens, two missiles will instantly land in your decision-making centers,” said panelist Yuri Kot, “one in Washington and the other in London.”
The video was tweeted by BBC Monitoring’s Francis Scarr, who wrote, “for those of you perhaps concerned about the absence of recent nuclear missile threats on Russian state TV, there was a new one today.”
A State Department spokesperson told Newsweek: “We think provocative rhetoric regarding nuclear weapons is dangerous, adds to the risk of miscalculation, should be avoided, and we will not indulge in it.
Russian state television outlets have been pushing propaganda over the invasion of Ukraine in which guests and anchors have boasted about their country’s nuclear weapons capabilities and threatened possible attacks.
These threats have been stepped up following the successful test of the Sarmat international continental missile (ICBM).
The TV guests have said the capitals of Western countries that back Kyiv could be targets for Russia’s nuclear might, although they don’t talk about Europe’s missile defense systems, or the prospect of NATO retaliating if one of its members were attacked.
Who seriously takes statement of putin that “there can be no winners in a nuclear war and it should never be unleashed”.
Russian citizens beware, resist this insanity, replace your leadership—and TV spokespersons.
