Nuclear strikes by Russia on European targets are inevitable, a political expert warned in a fiery rant on Russian state television.
“We want to change the future of Europe. You’ve f***** up the present, you gentlemen Europeans,” political scientist Dmitry Yevstafyev said on Vladimir Solovyov’s politics show, which aired on the Rossiya 1 TV channel on Thursday. “You’ve chosen these morons to lead you. But we are trying to change your future, which [currently] means 200-250 million dead or maimed Europeans.”
Yevstafyev specifically referenced Paris, saying that the French capital would be targeted in the hypothetical attack, and adding that Americans would be “fine.”
A video clip of the speech was shared by Ukrainian internal affairs adviser Anton Gerashchenko on X, formerly Twitter.
Russian propagandists:
“We are trying to change the future of Europe, which means 200-250 million dead and maimed Europeans. That’s the price of nuclear war”. pic.twitter.com/nfHkxJvCoE
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) April 11, 2024
Russian state TV hosts and pundits regularly issue nuclear warnings to the West, threatening strikes on key European and U.S. capitals and “decision-making centers.”
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