Britain will be wiped off the map with nukes unless it stops helping Ukraine, warns Putin's guru ‘Professor Doomsday'
BRITAIN will be taken off the map with nuclear weapons unless it stops helping Ukraine, mad Vladimir Putin's guru dubbed Professor Doomsday has warned.
Sergei Karaganov, 72, has chillingly warned that it's "vital" for Russia to use the war in Ukraine as a way to defeat the whole of Europe.
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And unless Britain stops aiding Ukraine, the UK "won't exist" after a nuclear attack, he threatened.
Professor Doomsday has exposed what Putin's actual aims in Ukraine could be after reports emerged that Russia is readying a 50,000-strong force on Kharkiv's border.
Karaganov said on a Russian government-owned TV channel: "We need to strengthen nuclear deterrence by any means."
Moscow must therefore "increase the reality of the use of nuclear weapons, and restore the fear of nuclear war," he warned.
Professor Doomsday added that the "European question, unfortunately, cannot be resolved in a relatively peaceful way" and that a peace deal would "postpone this solution and get the same thing in a few years".
He went on to warn that Russia wants to "make [Europe] run" and give the continent to the realisation that "the next wave of strikes will fall on their territory".
Karaganov also said that a "traditional game" from Britain is "pitting Ukraine against Russia" and that if it continues, "there will be no Britain"
He said: "What they're doing is madness - but Britain is a small country.
'They're gambling on a world war - what's going to happen to them?
'I'm not saying it will be terrible for everyone, but just that they won't exist anymore."
Devastating British Storm Shadow missiles could soon be used by Ukraine to blitz Putin's forces deep inside Russia
His terrifying words come as Donald Trump is reported to be weighing sanctions against Putin to force him to the table for peace talks.
Despite the sanctions threat and the US President branding mad Vlad as "absolutely CRAZY," the pair have agreed to a prisoner swap.
The swap was announced on Tuesday by Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, who praised Don as "a man who wants results".
The Putin puppet added that the prisoner swap was agreed in the midst of negotiations on ending the bloody war in Ukraine which he says European nations are trying to "sabotage".
Sources have revealed to the Kyiv Post that Trump is "seriously considering" lifting all restrictions on how Ukraine uses weapons against Russia.
And soon, Britain's state-of-the-art Storm Shadow missiles could be used by Ukraine to blitz targets deep inside Russia, the German Chancellor indicated.
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Ukraine's key backers - including Germany, France, the UK and the US - have lifted restrictions on where the weapons they donate can be used, Germany's Merz said.
He said last Monday: "There are no longer any range restrictions on weapons delivered to Ukraine - neither by the British nor by the French nor by us nor by the Americans.
"This means that Ukraine can now defend itself, for example, by attacking military positions in Russia… With very few exceptions, it didn't do that until recently. It can now do that."
In November last year, the US authorised Ukraine to use American long-range missiles called ATACMS against targets inside Russia.
In the same month, Britain gave the green light for Ukraine to fire our Storm Shadow missiles at Russia.
Britain's bunker-busting Storm Shadow rockets are a nightmare for enemies as they are capable of dodging air defences.
The £800,000 missiles - already being fired within Ukraine - use GPS to precisely hit targets, and can travel at 600mph.
Meanwhile Zelensky has said there is "currently no indication" that mad Vlad is "seriously considering" peace in war-torn Ukraine - despite numerous calls and meetings with the US.
The brave Ukrainian leader added that instead, there is "ample evidence" that a new offensive is being prepared.
Zelensky's words of warning come after a weekend-long exchange of long-range cross-border drone attacks between Russia and Ukraine.
The brave Ukrainian leader added that instead, there is "ample evidence" that a new offensive is being prepared.
And German Chancellor Friedrich Merz also revealed he anticipates a drawn-out war in Ukraine due to Russia's reluctance to reach peace.
He said at a joint press conference with Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo: "Wars typically end because of economic or military exhaustion on one side or on both sides and in this war we are obviously still far from reaching that [situation].
"So we may have to prepare for a longer duration."
By Dominic Kearns, Video Journalist
RESTRICTIONS being lifted on long-range missiles for Ukraine marks a "very significant move" in the war, a decorated British Army commander has said.
Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon told The Sun: "We're talking about most significantly the German Taurus missile, but also the British storm shadow the French scalp and attackums and Himars from the US.
"They've been very restricted in their usage across the Russian border. But what this means now is that Ukraine can strike, you know, with the longest range of these missiles, sort of plus or 500 kilometers into Russia.
"That's where lot of the airfields are within that range which are firing cruise missiles back into Ukraine, and also where a lot of forces are building up.
"So it allows Ukraine to get on the front foot and stall some of the Russian activities."
Mr de Bretton-Gordon said that a number of circumstances had overlapped which pushed Ukraine's allies to lift the restrictions at this moment.
He said: "First of all, there's President Trump's failed attempts to get the Russians to the negotiation table. we were supposed to have a meeting between Zelensky and Putin in Istanbul just over 10 days ago - but Putin never showed up.
"Then we've seen massive drone and missile strikes over the past few days. And that's frustrating Trump - as seen with his vitriolic outburst calling Putin crazy.
"Putin is really playing Trump as an idiot at the moment, and I'm sure that has infuriated the Americans, which is why they have taken the caveats off their missiles.
"The Germans, who've been very slow to support Ukraine, now, with this, the new government t under Frederick Mertz, seem to be far more committed and realize that this war could go on a long time - this war could spill over into Western Europe.
"With their Taurus missiles, they have a very significant capability that the Ukrainians need. So I think it is a realization that actually Putin has no interest in peace at the moment."
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