A prominent Russian figure has once again ramped up fears of global conflict as he issued a chilling missile threat to Europe.
Intensifying the existing fears of a World War Three, a Kremlin mouthpiece has been spurting out comments to warn both Donald Trump and the rest of the world.
This comes as the US president has issued a bit of an ultimatum for Vladimir Putin, threatening to impose tariffs unless a peace deal is reached within 50 days.
And while audio tapes were leaked with Trump reportedly telling the Russian leader he would ‘bomb the sh*t out of Moscow’, an economist hit back that if he wants ‘to become the last president of the US’, then it can be ‘solved’.
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So, with Putin left to ponder over the American’s 50-day deadline, Kremlin-backed media is seeming to run with war.
The said military expert Captain 1st Rank (Reserve) Vasily Dandykin went all out on Putin’s favoured news outlet Moskovskij Komsomolets and mentioned a particularly powerful weapon.
He was asked if the nation had the ‘required number of missiles’ to reach other parts of Europe, such as Estonia.
“I don't think much will be needed. But seriously, I think it's time for our 'Oreshnik' to come out on stage again,” Dandykin said.
“And during the period of this ultimatum, I think our 'defence industry' is not sleeping and has already produced enough missiles.”
Putin said last month that Russia is stepping up production of its Oreshnik intermediate-range hypersonic missile. These missiles have a range of up to 3,415 miles which would enable the nation to strike Europe or the western US from Russia.
The leader has bragged that the Oreshnik is impossible to intercept and has destructive power comparable to a nuclear weapon. However, a number of Western experts have cast doubt over these bold claims.
And late last year, a US official said the weapon wasn’t particularly seen as a game-changer on the battlefield as they referred to it as experimental.
When asked how Russia should be responding to the chat of the US and Ukraine’s strikes on Moscow, Dandykin said: “Even before Trump's so-called ultimatum, our president made it clear: 'either Russia will be free and sovereign, or it will not exist at all'.”
He added that the ‘best decision’ would be for the nation to ‘present an ultimatum’ to the ‘guardians’ of Kyiv.
“They don't abandon their scoundrels until they've squeezed them dry - they won't calm down,” Dandykin said.
Topics: Russia, Europe, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
Jess Battison