Russia Ukraine Monitoring Desk
Russia’s state-run Rossiya 1 TV channel aired a segment on Sunday 14 July 2024 evening threatening to strike European capitals.
“Almost all European capitals will be under threat if our missiles are stationed in Kaliningrad: Berlin, Warsaw, all the Baltic states, Paris, Bucharest, Prague, and of course, the American bases in Germany,” stated TV host and State Duma lawmaker Yevgeny Popov during the broadcast, as highlighted by the independent investigative news outlet Agentstvo.
The channel displayed a map highlighting potential targets in Europe following the White House’s announcement at a NATO summit that it would periodically station long-range weapons in Germany starting in 2026 as a deterrent.
“Special attention to Britain, our traditional enemy… Britain is in the most vulnerable position — basically, three missiles are enough and this civilization will collapse,” Popov added.
This statement echoes the Kremlin’s warning that the deployment of American missiles in Germany could make European capitals targets for Russian missiles.
“Europe is a target for our missiles, and our country is a target for U.S. missiles in Europe,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “We have enough capacity to contain these missiles, but the potential victims are the capitals of these countries.”
Peskov also suggested that a confrontation of this kind could undermine Europe as a whole, similar to how the Cold War ended in the Soviet Union’s collapse.
“Europe is coming apart. Europe is not living its best moment. In a different configuration, a repeat of history is inevitable,” he remarked.
Responding to the Kremlin’s warning, a U.S. State Department spokesperson stated that the United States and NATO “do not seek a military conflict with Russia… but any military action directed against a NATO Ally would trigger an overwhelming response.”
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