Pro-Putin media simulates nuclear strike on London

Lauren Taylor

A SIMULATED NUCLEAR STRIKE ON LONDON – BROADCAST BY A PRO-PUTIN TV CHANNEL.

THE JARRING VISUALS – SHOWING HOW THE BLAST WOULD CLAIM 850-THOUSAND LIVES AND LEAVE TO MILLIONS OF CASUALTIES. 

WHILE IT IS A DIGITAL SIMULATION – WE WANT TO CAUTION YOU MAY FIND THE VISUALS DISTURBING.

THE FOUR-MINUTE VIDEO WAS SHOWN ON A PROPAGANDA CHANNEL IN RUSSIA AS THE UK DEBATES WHETHER TO ALLOW UKRAINE’S MILITARY TO USE LONG-RANGE MISSILES AGAINST RUSSIA. 

THE T-V NETWORK IS OWNED BY RUSSIAN OLIGARCH KONSTANTIN MALOFEEV, A CLOSE ALLY OF PRESIDENT PUTIN. 

KNOWN AS THE ‘ORTHODOX OLIGARCH’ DUE TO HIS TIES TO THE RUSSIAN CHURCH, THE MALOFEEV NETWORK ORIGINALLY AIRED THE VIDEO THREE MONTHS AGO, BUT IT’S BEEN RECYCLED TO INTENSIFY PSYCHOLOGICAL PRESSURE ON BRITAIN. THE VIDEO’S NARRATOR DETAILS A NUCLEAR BOMB STRIKING THE HEART OF LONDON.

IT BEGINS WITH AN EXPLOSION OVER WESTMINSTER, FOLLOWED BY A MASSIVE FIREBALL AND MUSHROOM CLOUD RISING OVER THE CITY.

ICONIC LANDMARKS LIKE BUCKINGHAM PALACE, THE SHARD, AND OTHER CULTURAL SITES ARE SHOWN OBLITERATED BY THE BLAST. 

THE VIDEO THEN CONCLUDES BY HIGHLIGHTING THE INADEQUACY OF LONDON’S HOSPITALS TO COPE WITH SUCH A CATASTROPHE. 

MEANWHILE, UKRAINE CONTINUES TO ASSERT ITS RIGHT TO RESPOND TO RUSSIAN MISSILE ATTACKS ON ITS TERRITORY. 

THIS ALL COMES ON THE HEELS OF ANOTHER TROUBLING DEVELOPMENT–RUSSIA’S TEST OF A ‘DOOMSDAY’ NUCLEAR MISSILE. 

HOWEVER THE LAUNCH ENDED IN FAILURE, WITH A MASSIVE EXPLOSION DESTROYING THE TEST SITE IN NORTHERN RUSSIA.

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