Experts in Russian international conflict reacted and They “threatened” the United States on Wednesday after the latest announcement to send long-range missiles to Ukraine for the defense of its territory against the forces of Russia.
(Read: Russia: ‘The US adds fuel to the fire by sending missiles to Ukraine’)
It was on the channel Channel One of Russia, near the Kremlin, in which Alexie Zhuravlev, deputy of the Russian lower house, and Yevgeny Popov, deputy and journalist, assured that Russian military force has the capacity to destroy the American East Coast.
Alluding to what happened in Iroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, the two politicians assured that with just four Sarmat 2 missiles, Russia could generate an “atomic mushroom that will be visible from Mexico.”
The statement was preceded by a justification for the Russian incursion into Ukraine, also assuring that the attacks there would have to be intensified because, for them, the Ukrainians are “incurable” of neo-Nazi evil, as seen from the government of Vladimir Putin.
On Russian state TV, they discuss not only what it would take to destroy the United States, but also how many Ukrainians have to be massacred. One lawmaker came up with a figure: 2 million. No one in the studio blinked or objected—including the host, who is himself a Duma member. pic.twitter.com/dqywGStxax
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) May 30, 2022
Both Zhuravlev and Popov, who are part of the Russian lower house, aligned their words with the deputy minister of international relations, Sergey Riabkov, who also sent a warning to Joe Biden and NATO about the continued help of this bloc to Ukraine.
“All the supplies of weapons, which continue and are increasing, increase the risks of such a development,” Riabkov replied, quoted by the agency. RIA Novosti to the question whether Washington’s decision to provide kyiv with missile systems increases the risk of a direct clash between Russia and the United States.
The deputy minister criticized the new package of US military aid to Ukraine worth 700 million dollars, which, according to US government sources, includes the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS)High Mobility Artillery Rocket systems.
“We value this in a totally negative waybecause attempts to present this decision as containing ‘restrictions’ are worth nothing,” he stressed, alluding to the words of US President Joe Biden that his country does not encourage or allow Ukraine to attack more beyond its borders.
Russia rehearses in his country
The Russian Strategic Forces carry out exercises with mobile intercontinental missile systems “Yars” in the Ivanovo region, about 200 kilometers northeast of Moscow, the Russian Defense Ministry reported today.
The Yars systems “maneuver intensely” during the exercises, the portfolio said in a statement collected by the Interfax agency, which specified that about 1,000 soldiers and a hundred vehicles of different types participate in them.
“The members of the Strategic Forces test the deployment of missile systems in field positions, displacements of up to 100 kilometers, changes of positions, masking and defense of these”, added Defense.
The “Yars” missiles, of which there are mobile and silo versions, have a range of up to 12,000 kilometers and can carry up to four nuclear warheads.
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*With information from EFE
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