Putin’s ‘doomsday radio’ broadcasts series of ominous mystery codewords

A Russian radio known as 'the Buzzer' unofficially and is actually called UVB-76 has transmitted a series of codewords.

Of course the problem with codewords is if you don't know what words they're code for it's hard to understand what they're trying to say, so the messages remain a mystery.

Nevertheless, The Sun says that the radio recently put out some words after a Russian missile struck 55 miles into Poland, as Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the warhead that left a 10 metre wide crater was 'in all probability' Russian.

He said 'recovered fragments point to it being a Russian Kh-101 missile', and it's not the first time Russian weapons have intruded into Polish airspace.

Apparently the words that came over the radio included 'Bribetaker, Sexfat or Sexofat, Monarchist, Motel, Muzopayus, Stepenny and Levretka'.

In case you were wondering, 'Levretka' means 'Italian Greyhound' and 'Stepenny' typically refers to music in either the Eastern Orthodox church or a Soviet Union era warship.

What they're supposed to mean in this coded context is anyone's guess.

The Russian radio occasionally broadcasts strange codewords (Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Apparently another message contained the word 'Kletka', which in Russian can mean a biological or physical cell, or a single square in a pattern.

The Sun says another message had the word 'Nedotepa', which is close to the Russian word 'nedotjopa' which refers to a clumsy person.

Unfortunately since LADbible hasn't yet completed our masterplan of cracking the Russian codes we're not sure what any of this is supposed to mean.

In fact, very few people know what the codes coming through on UVB-76 mean, which is rather the point for a radio transmission that many people can hear.

David Stupples, professor of electronic and radio engineering at the City University of London, said it was 'almost certainly the Russian government that is using it'.

The professor told Popular Mechanics magazine: "If it is the Russian government, it wouldn't be for peaceful purposes."

The messages came after a Russian missile struck Poland (AFP via Getty Images)

The Russian government has never publicly commented on the radio, which does occasionally send out strange messages.

Several other recorded instances of the radio's use include 15 April last year when it transmitted the words Neptune, Thymus, Foxcloak, and Nootabu.

A month later on 19 May it broadcast 'NZhTI 89905 BLEFOPUF 4097 5573' before a phone call between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.

A few months later in September the radio transmitted 'NZHTI' and 'HOTEL' followed by the numbers '38, 965, 78, 58, 88, 37', which are unlikely to be the Russian lottery numbers.

Back in December messages carried the words 'PEPPER SHAKER', 'TRANSFER', 'PABODOLL', 'SPINOBAZ', 'FRIGORIA', 'OPALNY', 'SNOPOVY', and 'MYUONOSVOD'.

While the radio's transmissions are fodder for conspiracy theorists, with radio monitor Ary Boender suggesting it may be 'an old Soviet Dead Man's Switch that triggers a nuclear attack on the west when it stops buzzing', or 'a homing beacon for UFOs or a mind control device with which the Russians can program your mind', those seem somewhat unlikely.