One place in UK to avoid as Zelenskyy warns 'WW3 has started'

If Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's World War III beliefs are to be taken seriously, then there's one place in the UK people should avoid like the plague.

It has now been four years since Russia invaded Ukraine and, despite numerous peace talks, the conflict continues.

And it seems that WW3 tensions are continuing to rise, with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer recently saying that Europe 'must be ready to fight' Russia 'if necessary'.

Speaking to the BBC last weekend, Zelenskyy claimed that Vladimir Putin had already commenced a worldwide conflict under our noses.

"I believe that Putin has already started it [WW3]," he said. "The question is how much territory he will be able to seize and how to stop him."

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made it clear that Ukraine will continue to defend itself (Alberto Gardin/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Zelenskyy added: "Russia wants to impose on the world a different way of life and change the lives people have chosen for themselves."

So, if the Russian president really has incited the biggest human event in 80 years, where isn't safe for Britons, for fear of imminent nuclear detonation?

Historian and author Dr David Swift has one specific location in mind, which ignores the commonly referenced populated cities idea.

He told The Mirror: "You also wouldn't want to be near the River Clyde as that's where the UK Trident submarines are based. Ideally, you'd want to be somewhere in the countryside, far from major cities. The UK's energy and internet infrastructure is very vulnerable to sabotage, so it would be good to live somewhere off grid with an independent energy supply."

Stretching more than 100 miles across rugged Scotland, and passing through Glasgow, the River Clyde houses HMNB Clyde, where the UK's nuclear submarines weaponised with Trident missiles is located on Gare Loch.

HMNB Clyde hosts the UK's nuclear submarines (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Dr Swift went on to highlight how broadband is essential in the event of war, explaining: "Two-thirds of homes in Northern Ireland, for example, use oil heaters to provide their heat and energy, and so don't rely on mains gas. You would also want to have access to satellite broadband, which is available mostly in rural areas."

Last year, Russia reportedly threatened to strike 23 locations across the UK after Britain's former defence secretary, Ben Wallace, urged the West to 'make Crimea uninhabitable and unviable from a Russian point of view'.

Former deputy prime minister of Russia, Dmitry Rogozin, shared a map highlighting UK defence-related sites as potential 'targets'.

The full list of alleged targets

• Glasgow – BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Thales
• Belfast – Harland & Wolff, Spirit Aerosystems, Thales
• Fivemiletown – Cooneen Defence
• Barrow-in-Furness – BAE Systems
• Bolton – MBDA
• Telford – RBSL
• Aberporth – QinetiQ, Tekever
• Merthyr Tydfil – General Dynamics
• Glascoed – BAE Systems
• Bristol – Airbus, BAE Systems, GKN Aerospace, Leonardo, MBDA, QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce
• HMNB Devonport – Babcock
• Yeovil – Leonardo
• Aldermaston – AWE
• London – Helsing, Palantir
• Stevenage – Airbus, MBDA
• Ampthill – Lockheed Martin
• Derby – Rolls-Royce
• Sheffield – Sheffield Forgemasters
• Warton & Samlesbury – BAE Systems
• Newton Aycliffe – Octric Semiconductors
• Tyne & Wear – BAE Systems, Leonardo
• Edinburgh – Leonardo
• Rosyth – Babcock, QinetiQ

On a lighter note, there are several locations that would be deemed the 'safest' if WW3 were to ever break out.