Russian propagandists have issued a horror threat to the UK, Germany and Denmark, claiming each country’s capital should be “destroyed.”
Russian state TV host Vladimir Solovyov said: “I will tell you honestly, I love Europe a lot, I love America, but for me there is no choice: who needs the world if Russia isn’t in it?”
Margarita Simonyan, head of RT, said during Solovyov’s show that “an escalation is inevitable”. Solovyov then added: “The way the current war is, we won’t take Berlin, but we might destroy it. It’s pointless to take it. Western military experts understand it well that neither Berlin, London, or Copenaghen, are capable of defending themselves.”
Two Russian naval ships, including one armed with cruise missiles, have been spotted off the UK coast in recent days as British commandos have been given the go-ahead to board and halt Russia’s shadow fleet vessels as they pass through UK waters, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said.
The two ships have been working together and have approached British waters three times in the past two months, taking positions near key UK infrastructure while the Royal Navy keep a close eye, the i paper reports.
The RFN Admiral Grigorovich, a 4,035-ton Russian Navy Admiral Grigorvich-class frigate, has reportedly been supplied by another 122-metre workshop vessel, and was spotted around the Galloper wind farm along the Suffolk coastline.
Moscow’s shadow fleet is reported to be made up of more than a thousand ageing tankers. They illicitly ship oil and other goods out of Russia by flying the flags of other countries, aiming to evade sanctions imposed by the West since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began.
