Putin's favourite newspaper preparing Russians for NUCLEAR WAR in chillingly short time frame: ‘Nowhere we can't hit'
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RUSSIAN media is reportedly preparing its citizens for a potential nuclear war with the West in the near future.
Several media outlets in Moscow - part of Putin's propaganda machine - have been actively publishing articles discussing a nuclear armageddon between Russia and the West.
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Plans for dealing with a nuclear attack on London have been obtained by The Sun
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A Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launches from the Plesetsk military launchpad in northwestern Russia
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US soldiers manually load an AIM-120 AMRAAM Missile onto an FA-18 Hornet on the flight deck of USS Harry S. Truman
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Komsomolskaya Pravda (KP) newspaper uses Russian 'experts' to explain how such a conflict could happen - ramping up the nuclear war rhetoric.
Readers are told that Britain and Europe want to engage in a conflict with the Russian empire.
This could happen by the end of the decade when "European forces reach full operational readiness", the newspaper reports.
It comes after a senior US army general threatened to launch a "faster than ever" attack on a Russian WW3 flashpoint.
The newspaper argues multiple Western politicians and military figures have threatened war.
And it threatens to launch an attack on the West - claiming "there is no place in Europe [Russia] cannot hit".
Andrei Klintsevich, head of the Centre for the Study of Military and Political Conflicts, told the newspaper: "They need a big war to dismember Russia into small independent states and get free access to our resources."
Lintsevich accused the West of mobilising its military-industrial complex, mining borders, and building defences.
The aim is to provoke Russia, accuse Moscow of 'aggression', and launch direct confrontation, he told the paper.
He demanded that Russia now stage a nuclear weapons test in the Arctic - the first since the end of the Cold War - to deter the West.
Independent news outlet Agentsvo said the report in KP - said to be Putin's favourite newspaper - was 'intended to prepare Russian public opinion for a potential war with Nato'.
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'Russia would have to respond — not only diplomatically. Missile strikes would be inevitable, as securing a land corridor through Odesa and Mykolaiv would require considerable time and force,' explained the newspaper.
General Christopher Donahue, commander of the United States Army Europe and Africa, said Nato could capture Kaliningrad - Moscow's strategic military fortress in the heart of Europe.
Wedged between Poland and Lithuania, the region of Kaliningrad is heavily militarised by the Russians.
It is cut off from the rest of Putin's empire, but could be used by the tyrant to launch an attack on Europe.
Using the strategic exclave, the Russians could also take over the Suwalki Gap - a hard-to-defend strip of land less than 60 miles wide that links the rest of the Nato countries to the Baltic nations.
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Vladimir Putin and his cronies have threatened to nuke the West several times
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General Christopher Donahue, commander of the United States Army Europe and Africa
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Donahue had argued that Nato could destroy the heavily militarised Kaliningrad 'in a timeframe that is unheard of and faster than we've ever been able to do' in the event of Russian threats against allied states.
'Donahue's words confirm that they are preparing to seize Kaliningrad,' said Klintsevich.
'The Swedish island of Gotland is already being turned into a powerful warship — with air defence systems, anti-ship missiles, and more being deployed there. Estonia and Finland are forming a joint group.'
He warned Russians: 'Under a made-up pretext, they'll block Kaliningrad's air and sea routes.
'Our protests and ultimatums will be ignored, forcing our troops to fight their way through the Suwałki Gap [a 60-mile wide strip of land connecting NATO states Lithuania and Poland, flanked by Russia - Kaliningrad - and its ally Belarus].
'In such a case, Europe would launch a ground operation in Kaliningrad using large numbers of rockets, artillery, and drones,' said the newspaper.
'The Alliance believes that occupying Kaliningrad would cut Russia off from the Baltic once and for all,' said military expert Alexander Zimovsky.
Another flashpoint starting a new war in Europe could be ex-Soviet state Moldova, says KP.
Russia's foreign intelligence service SVR has warned that Nato 'is rapidly turning Moldova into a military staging ground.
Another trigger point for World War Three could be the north, claimed Sergey Sudakov, of the Russian Academy of Military Sciences.
The most likely threat is Finland, which recently joined NATO.
They have 'solid military infrastructure, which the alliance could use for attacks on St Petersburg, Karelia, and Murmansk,' said Zimovsky.
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Russia's Burevestnik cruise missile, known as Skyfall, in action during a test launch
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A satellite image which shows five Russian nuclear warhead storage bunkers (right) as well as launch positions, according to researchers
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Russian military expert Andrei Klintsevich
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KP stressed: 'While a Kaliningrad conflict might be settled, an assault on St Petersburg would risk triggering World War Three.'
The Kremlin has ramped up its nuclear rhetoric after the threats from the US commander - with Putin's henchmen accusing the US of "unleashing World War Three".
Terrifying secret plans setting out how London would deal with a nuke attack have been obtained by The Sun.
The chilling documents lay bare the grim reality of how Londoners would face nuclear Armageddon in great detail.
The tirade from Moscow comes as the Kremlin pushes on with its war against Ukraine - launching nightly bombing raids to wreak havoc.
Fears new Russia-Ukraine talks are already doomed to fail
By Nick Parker, Foreign Editor
RUSSIA and Ukraine held peace talks in Istanbul today following Donald Trump's stern warning to warmonger Vladimir Putin.
Any hopes for a breakthrough continue to appear bleak as Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned the enemies remained "diametrically opposed".
And fears still linger that Putin may - yet again - make impossible demands and play for time while continuing his 'meatgrinder' assaults and attacks on civilians.
Trump has given the tyrant until August 1 to strike a ceasefire deal or face crippling tariff sanctions after authorising a major arms boost for Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced a new round of negotiations will take place in Turkey involving envoys from both sides.
Zelensky said he had authorised his security council chief Rustem Umerov to stage the third crucial meeting following failed attempts at peace in May and June.
He said discussions would centre on 'preparations for a prisoner exchange and another meeting in Turkey with the Russian side".
A senior Ukrainian source said talks could also begin working towards a possible historic meeting between Zelensky and Putin.
But Kremlin spokesman Peskov downplayed the likelihood of reaching any concrete outcome anytime soon.
Peskov said: "A lot of diplomatic work lies ahead."
Last week, US president Trump vented his frustration with Putin, declaring he was "disappointed" but "not done" with the Russian tyrant.
He imposed a 50-day deadline on the despot as he ordered Putin agree to peace talks so the conflict can finally be resolved.
Instead of agreeing, a snarling Putin declined and ramped up his ground and aerial offensives across Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Trump agreed to sell defence systems to Ukraine and slap brutal 100 per cent tariffs on Russia if Moscow does not reach a peace agreement with Ukraine within 50 days.
It comes after ex-Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said that WW3 has already begun and that his boss Putin should bomb the West.
Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, raged that Nato and the West are effectively already at war with Russia as he pushed the Kremlin's view that his country is the victim.
That's despite it being Russia who invaded Ukraine and is continuing to wage a bloody war.
Medvedev accused the US and Europe of an attempt to 'destroy' Russia which is 'hated by the West', he claimed.
Diplomats say his remarks give an indication of the thinking among some within the Moscow political elite.
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An explosion of a drone lights up the sky over Kyiv during a Russian drone and missile strike
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