Russian state media airs lawmaker's threat to nuke Britain and Germany

Russian state TV broadcasted threats by a lawmaker to make nuclear strikes on Britain and Germany, with the host suggesting Russia should have hit the Queen's funeral.

According to clips translated by Russian Media Monitor, a member of the State Duma and a retired major-general suggested the strikes on Sunday and Monday.

"60 Minutes" broadcasts misleading and false information about the war in Ukraine and is a vehicle for pro-Russian propaganda.

The lawmaker suggested hitting the German air base.

He said that the UK was the root of evil and could turn into a wasteland with nukes.

"All the best people are there for the funeral, we should have done it today," she said.

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The heads of state gathered in London for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II a few hours before the "60 Minutes" broadcast.

Whether Skabeeva was joking or not, he used the same reasoning he used on Sunday, that President Joe Biden wouldn't retaliate against a NATO ally.

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If there's a strike against the decision-making centers, the main decision-making center is Berlin, said Gurulyov on Sunday.

He said Biden wouldn't follow NATO's rule that an attack on one member state is an attack on all.

"If we turn the British Isles into a Martian desert in three minutes flat using tactical nuclear weapons, not strategic ones, they could useArticle 5 but for whom?" There was a country that turned into a desert. They will not reply.

It's not the first time a "60 Minutes" guest has advocated nuclear warfare, though it's not clear if Russia would take such a step.

Insider reported in March that some experts dismissed Russian talk of nuclear strikes as irresponsible.

Russian forces have been repulsed in the east and northeast of the country after weeks of stalemate.

There was talk of a Russian nuclear strike.

According to Insider's John Haltiwanger, a retired US Army brigadier general said that recent losses may force Putin to do something dramatic.

Insider Putin was told he wouldn't risk a nuclear reprisal.

In his speech at the start of the war, Putin made a veiled threat to the west.

He added a reference to Russia's nuclear arsenal, which is estimated to include around 2,000 tactical nukes, warning of "consequences greater than any you have faced in history."