Russia needs three missiles only to destroy British civilisation, a prominent MP and pro-Putin propagandist has claimed in his latest vitriolic attack against NATO.
Yevgeny Popov raged against American plans to deploy SM-6 surface-to-air and Tomahawk cruise missiles as well as hypersonic weapons under development in Germany.
Popov on Kremlin-controlled Russia state TV listed seven specific targets in England and Scotland, while also stressing ‘all European capitals are at risk’, blaming the planned US deployment in Germany.
He warned: ‘Special attention to Britain, our traditional enemy, as a significant part of the [Russian] Northern Fleet will work against [the UK].’
SEVEN UK LOCATIONS HYPERSONIC WEAPONS WOULD TARGET
Detailing possible targets, he said: ‘Under attack Washington has put not only London, but also Manchester, Birmingham, the largest naval base Devonport, the Clyde in Scotland, where the King stores his Trident nuclear missiles, Portsmouth as well as Chatham Dockyard in the county of Kent.
‘This is Britain at its most vulnerable,’ he went on. ‘Basically, all it would take is three missiles and this civilisation would collapse,’ he said, without further explanation.
The propagandist said Russian cities were at risk directly as a result of the US decision from 2025 to station SM-6, Tomahawk and ‘hypersonic weapons under development’.
‘The Pentagon will deploy missiles in Germany that pose a direct threat to Russia, reaching St Petersburg, Kazan, Moscow, Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg,’ he said, listing major Russian cities.
But he threatened: ‘It is not difficult to guess the geography of the response if White House [plans] become a reality.
‘All European capitals are at risk [from] our missiles in Kaliningrad – Berlin, Warsaw, all the Baltic republics, Paris, Bucharest, Prague…
‘Of course, also the American bases in Germany… Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Patch Barracks [Stuttgart], Spangdahlem, [and] Ramstein.’
He accused the ‘Western bloc’ of misreading the impact on Russia of the US move, highlighted at the recent NATO summit in the US.
‘No reaction, no reflection and no attempt to analyse the implications,’ he said.
