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As one of the strongest defenders of President Vladimir Putin Citing Britain’s support for Ukraine’s defense against Russia in Russian state media, the rhetoric escalated when Dmitry Kiselyov spoke of a hypothetical nuclear attack on the British Isles that would destroy Ireland and Britain.
“Another option is for Britain to dive into the depths of the sea with the help of Russia’s Poseidon unmanned submarine,” said Kiselyov, the Russian propagandist and host of Russia-1 News of the Week. “By itself, such a barrage carries extreme doses of radiation.”
Kiselyov, who falsely said that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had threatened Russia with a nuclear attack over the war in Ukraine, explained that the drone warhead with a production of up to 100 million tons would create a giant tsunami along the coast, although there is no evidence to support these allegations.
Kiselyov, a man described by the international media as “Putin’s mouthpiece”, concluded that a strike of this magnitude would turn everything that could remain from [Britain and Ireland] in a radioactive desert unfit for anything for a long time.
Although he never mentions Ireland directly, a 45-second video simulation during the segment, which has been viewed about 2 million times since Sunday, shows a map in which Ireland and Britain no longer exist.
And another nuclear threat to the UK from Russian state television Dmitry Kiselyov:
He says his country’s Poseidon nuclear submarine could trigger a tsunami that would “submerge the British Isles in the depths of the sea” and turn them into a “radioactive desert” (with submarines) pic.twitter.com/usElgqHeIG
– Francis Scar (@francis_scarr) May 1, 2022
Russia’s video simulation of the hypothetical nuclear attack, reported by Francis Scar to the BBC on Sunday, has been met with deep skepticism and criticism by Irish lawmakers, including Prime Minister Michel Martin. Martin, who described the mock-up of Russia’s nuclear attack on Ireland’s national television station RTE as “a very sinister tactic of a frightening type”, called on Russia to apologize on Tuesday for “instigating this”.
“It reflects an attitude that is disturbing and out of touch with reality,” Martin said.
Martin did not immediately respond to The Washington Post’s request for comment on Tuesday.
Johnson went on public support for Ukraine in the days after the broadcast of the video simulation in Russia. On Tuesday, Johnson’s address to Ukraine’s legislature via video link struck an optimistic tone about the military effort. “Ukraine will win, Ukraine will be free,” he said. The British prime minister, who became the first prime minister to address the Ukrainian parliament since the Russian invasion, has announced about $ 375 million in new military aid, including heavy drones to transport supplies to Ukrainian forces, e-war equipment and thousands of devices. night vision devices.
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Critics question the timing of Johnson’s speech, days before local elections in the United Kingdom, as well as the government’s humanitarian efforts to help with Ukraine’s historic refugee crisis. The British government is facing a backlash over the reception of 27,000 Ukrainian refugees – a small proportion of the 5.3 million who left Ukraine by April 27, according to the United Nations. Unlike many other European countries, the United Kingdom does not lift visa restrictions for Ukrainians fleeing war.
Kiselyov said on Sunday that the video simulation of the nuclear attack was in response to comments made last week by British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who said Britain “will continue to move faster and faster to push Russia out of all of Ukraine.”
“In fact, they seem to be delusional in the British Isles,” said the Russian propagandist. “Why threaten endless Russia with nuclear weapons when you’re on an island that’s, you know, so small?”
Kiselyov said an RS-28 Sarmatian, a super-heavy ballistic missile with thermonuclear weapons, called by NATO “Satan 2”, would be “enough to sink it once and for all”.
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“Everything has already been calculated,” Kiselyov said, without providing evidence.
It’s Sunday night in Russia, which means that Dmitry Kiselyov on state television is talking about Russia using its nuclear weapons.
This time, with the help of a terrifying cartoon, he claims that “one Sarmat missile is enough to sink the British Isles” (with submarines) pic.twitter.com/NqbQfkm6rX
– Francis Scar (@francis_scarr) May 1, 2022
He then turned his attention to the prospect of a submarine drone moving at a depth of 1 km (0.62 miles) and a speed of up to 200 kilometers per hour (about 124 miles per hour). The head of the Russian state media said that the explosion would lead to a tsunami wave up to 500 meters or approximately 1640 feet high.
“There is no way to stop this submarine drone,” he said as the video simulation showed a missile aimed at the shoreline.
As the videos have been circulating in recent days, Irish officials, including MEP Billy Kelleher, have expressed their “absolute aversion to these threats to Ireland”.
“There is no freedom of speech in #Russia, so these statements are made with Putin’s approval,” he tweeted Monday. “It is time to tell the Russian government that this wild language is simply unacceptable to us.
Other experts, such as John Everard, a former British ambassador to Belarus, have minimized Russia’s ability to destroy Ireland and Britain with a single weapon.
“I would urge everyone to remain calm. In any case, if you feel strongly about it, clarify your things to the Russians. But can we remember that this is just a TV model, “Everard told RTE. “The Russians do not have this weapon. I will say again that they do not have this weapon.
Carla Adam contributed to this report.
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