Russia has reportedly threatened to release “its entire arsenal” on London if it loses the Ukraine war, and has also threatened to launch nuclear weapons on the United States and Germany.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, has reportedly warned of “all-out war” if Russia is forced to return to its 1991 borders set during the collapse of the Soviet Union. It is being
He wrote in the Telegram that any attempt to return Russia to its “1991 borders” “has only one outcome,” adding: “To go to world war with the West with all our strategic weapons.” It is said that , Berlin, London, and Washington. ”
There have been several reports of threats against Western countries in recent years, and this is not the first time Putin and Russia have mentioned Britain. In the wake of the escalating situation in Russia, which most recently saw the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the British government said last month that there was a 4 in 10 chance that Russia would attack another British ally within the next two years. 1 or more.
The National Risk Register, which analyzes the biggest threats facing the UK over the next two years, ranked the likelihood of a Russian attack on a non-NATO ally with which the UK has a mutual security agreement at more than 25%.
Yahoo News UK highlights several key moments in recent years when Russia has made references to the UK or hinted at attacks on the West.
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February 2024
In a lengthy interview with Tucker Carlson, President Putin blamed Boris Johnson for the Ukraine war and accused him of encouraging continued fighting.
The Russian president said: “It’s very sad for me… We could have already stopped these hostilities by war a year and a half ago.” During the interview, he said: “Prime Minister Johnson came to us to talk us out of this, and we missed that chance. Well, I guess we missed it.”
He added: “The fact that they would submit to the demands and persuasion of Mr Johnson, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, seems ridiculous. Where is Mr Johnson now? And the war continues.”
January 2024
During a visit to wounded soldiers on New Year’s Day, Putin issued a kind of warning to Britain and other Western countries, saying they would “deal with them”.
The Russian president said that “Ukraine itself is not our enemy,” but appeared to take aim at the West, saying: “They are our enemies. They are taking their problems into their own hands. “It’s resolved. That’s all. That’s the problem.” Unfortunately, that has been the case for centuries and continues to be the case today. ”
September 2023
Putin went on a lengthy rant about Western aid to Ukraine and threatened Rishi Sunak, who accused the UK of being involved in a failed plot at Russia’s nuclear facility.
Speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, he said his forces had arrested Ukrainian “saboteurs” who were planning to damage the facility’s power lines, and said they had been linked to British intelligence. He added that he had received instructions.
He said: “Do that. [the British] Do they understand what they are playing or not? Are they provoking our response to Ukrainian nuclear facilities, nuclear power plants, or what? British leader or prime minister? [of the United Kingdom. Rishi Sunak] Do you know what activities their special services are doing in Ukraine? ”
May 2023
Britain was threatened with a “military response” by Russia after it promised to send long-range missiles to Ukraine.
Following Defense Secretary Ben Wallace’s announcement that Storm Shadow missiles would be provided to the Ukrainian military, the Russian government said the move would require an “appropriate response from our armed forces.”
January 2023
Boris Johnson said Putin threatened a missile attack in an “unusual” phone call in February 2022, just weeks before Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, and the Russian president said it “would only take a minute.” He said he was told this.
Johnson told the BBC he warned Putin that an invasion of Ukraine would lead to Western sanctions and the deployment of NATO troops to Russia’s borders, and tried to dissuade Putin by saying Ukraine would not join NATO “for the foreseeable future.” He said he tried.
The former prime minister said: “At one point he threatened me and said, ‘Boris, I don’t want to hurt you, but a missile will take less than a minute’ or something like that. I’m kidding. But I I said,” he said. Judging from his very relaxed tone and certain aloofness, I could tell he was just taking advantage of my attempts to get him to negotiate. ”
The Kremlin denied the comments, saying they were either “deliberate falsehoods” or a misunderstanding by Johnson.