'Why do we need the world, if Russia won't be in it?' Putin's Propagandist Threatens West With Nuclear Destruction and Boasts Moscow's Subs Can Shoot More Than 500 Warheads

Daily Mail UK ^ | 02/28/2022 | Will Stewert

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Vladimir Putin's propagandist-in-chief has threatened the West with nuclear destruction just hours after the Russian leader put his deterrent forces on alert. Speaking on nation-wide TV amid a frenzy of anti-Western rhetoric, TV anchor Dmitry Kiselyov told viewers: "Our submarines can shoot more than 500 nuclear warheads. This would guarantee destruction of the USA, and all other NATO countries. In accordance with the principle 'Why do we need the world, if Russia isn't there?' Today our Russian Nuclear Triad is on the high alert. Putin did warn [the West]. Do not try to scare Russia."

In his Vesti Nedeli weekly news show on state-run Rossiya 1 channel aired across Russia's 11 time zones, he blamed Liz Truss for seeking to intimidate Russia.

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"A conflict between Russia and NATO over Ukraine - nothing like this has been said before," he said. "But Russia's nuclear capability with new-age superweapons like hypersonic Tsirkon were more than a match for the West's capability. The threats are part of a media offensive from the Kremlin in which Ukraine's fighters are painted as Nazis and Russia is viewed as a liberating force."

Dmitry Kiselev, one of the Kremlin's most venomous TV propagandists, accused German chancellor Olaf Scholz of 'solidarity with the genocide of today' that Kiselev, parroting Putin, claimed was being perpetrated against Russian-speakers in Ukraine.

Meanwhile Russian state TV talk show host Olga Skabeyeva said:'You know, as they retreat, the Ukrainian Nazis continue to destroy Donbas.

[sevinufnine]

This is not good :(

[sevinufnine]

“Nato pushed us into this war,” said Vladimir Butyrkin, 61, a retired trucker. “We are a peaceful people. Nobody in Russia wanted this. The Ukrainians are our brothers – but sometimes you need to correct your brothers when they get stupid ideas in their heads.”

[throwthebumsout]

I seriously doubt the Russian people feel this way. I don’t think that they are willing to be buried with him.

[sevinufnine]

Reading comments on DM UK, one Russian posted that the young people do not want this, but the older folks set in their ways actually do in many cases. Opposite of America. The more mature generation can see the lies of our useless Biden administration and all the crap (wokeness) they’re spouting. But the youth are embracing it. Very, scary.

[baclava]

Well then, kill his KGB butt, surgical strile, take out him and his generals

[DarthVader]

It’s very scary and they went full bore developing these weapons when OBotulism was POTUS.

[sevinufnine]

The attempt to take out Hitler was not successful, but it was tried more than once. With today’s technology it would have to be someone very, close and trusted to get near Putin, but it could happen.

[Cecily]

Sounds like an abusive husband who hits his wife all the time - “see what you made me do? Why do you make me hurt you?”

Completely mixed up and wrong thinking.

[lodi90]

Anyone who knows any actual Russians knows this is garbage Putinist gaslighting. Your average Russian finds the idea of the Russian army sacking Kyiv totally insane. Only a few crazies want a 21st century Stalingrad. If Putin gets close to using nukes his own people will Mussolini him.

[BobL]

“The attempt to take out Hitler was not successful, but it was tried more than once. With today’s technology it would have to be someone very, close and trusted to get near Putin, but it could happen.”

Are you sure that Putin would be replaced by a surrender monkey?

[Travis McGee]

You might not agree with an adversary (Russia in this case), but to dismiss and ignore their legitimate security concerns is dangerously stupid. It is always wise to look at a war through the other side's perspective, if only to improve the effectiveness of your own side.

Russia is not Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya or Serbia, easy for America and NATO to slap around. Russia has the most powerful nuclear force on the planet. Miscalculation over Ukraine can rapidly escalate into full-blown war and a nuclear exchange. For Russia, Ukraine joining NATO is a redline worth going to war over. We ignore this at our own peril.

In 1962, we already had medium-range nuclear-armed ballistic missiles in Turkey. When the USSR obtained a client state (Cuba) 100 miles from Florida, they thought it would be fair turnabout to also have their own MRBMs in range of America. (ICBMs were not yet available.) When the missiles were discovered in Cuba, the result was that America was outraged, rightly, and we very nearly had a nuclear exchange.

It was not "JFK backed down Khrushchev!" as American media portrayed it. Diplomats and generals on both sides later wrote that we came within a hair-breadth of a full nuclear exchange. In the deal that was worked out, we also (quietly) removed our MRBMs from Turkey. Part of the agreement was that the USSR would not crow about how they forced us to move our missiles out of Turkey.

Today Russia looks at Ukraine, and they see it as the 1942 invasion route of the Nazis, which came very close to cutting off their Caspian oil, which would have caused the rapid collapse and defeat of the USSR. The idea of NATO forces prepositioned across Ukraine, directly on the Russian border, armed with tanks and MRBMs, is a redline they have repeatedly said they could not tolerate.

The Russians think: at least the Germans had to fight their way to Ukraine and and then across it. How much worse to have NATO forces already in Ukraine, poised in striking range with missiles and tanks, ready to strike Moscow in minutes, and occupy or destroy the Caspian oil fields in days?

We teased Ukraine into believing that if they were compliant with American, EU and NATO desires, they'd eventually join the both groups. Instead, Russia was provoked into removing the possibility of NATO forces positioned in Ukraine by their own invasion. This was all entirely foreseeable and avoidable.

Imagine Khrushchev saying to JFK: "Screw you, our missiles will stay in Cuba." It would have meant nuclear war. This is how dire the Russians consider even the possibility of Ukraine joining NATO as a full partner.

We ignore their perspective at our own peril.

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Yeah, I caught that too :<(

[BiglyCommentary]

I guess this guy doesn’t realize that all the oligarchs who sell stuff to, or have investments in, all those countries he wants to nuke may not be happy about his plan.

[sevinufnine]

“Are you sure that Putin would be replaced by a surrender monkey?”

I have no idea honestly, but what I do know is those loyal to him and those who tried to overthrow would likely have a blood bath with one another.

[crz]

Everybody in their right minds know who is the blame for all this.
The scum democrats within this country.

The Russia, Russia ,Russia drumbeats have been ongoing for how long now? 16 years? 20?

I know the slavic people. I lived in among them. They can be cold hearted brutal if you piss them off. Somebody slanders them and they take it to heart. They will then get even if it takes them a hundred years.

My wife is half slavic Fin. That is what the slavs in Russia are. They arent slavic Russian, historically, they are slavic Fins.
The Ukrainians are another ethnic group. More European in ancestry.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

You might not agree with an adversary (Russia in this case), but to dismiss and ignore their legitimate security concerns is dangerously stupid. It is always wise to look at a war through the other side's perspective, if only to improve the effectiveness of your own side.

You've been repeating this BS for a long time now, and each time I have refuted it, you have never bothered to defend yourself. Russia ALREADY has NATO countries on its borders. Which one of them has a weapons system that is dangerous to Russia? Meanwhile, it is Russia that has Nukes next to NATO countries! They have more Nukes than the US, UK and France combined after breaking every arms agreement they have ever signed.

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“You might not agree with an adversary (Russia in this case), but to dismiss and ignore their legitimate security concerns is dangerously stupid. It is always wise to look at a war through the other side’s perspective, if only to improve the effectiveness of your own side.”

Your points are well put and well taken. Doesn’t make this situation any less scary. Especially in light with the idiots running this country, and the woke fools running other key nations.

[sevinufnine]

“The Russia, Russia ,Russia drumbeats have been ongoing for how long now? 16 years? 20?”

Much longer than that.

[Hatteras]

"propagandist-in-chief"

So, basically Russia's CNN counterpart, Jim Acostski