Putin’s goon promises ‘whole of humanity will applaud’ if it ‘wipes out’ UK

Russian state TV host Vladimir Solovyov warned that the West should understand that the transfer of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine could spark a new Cuban Missile Crisis

Donald Trump has threatened to provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles as a means to pressure Vladimir Putin into ending the conflict.

“I might say, ‘Look: if this war is not going to get settled, I’m going to send them Tomahawks,” the US president told reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Israel on Sunday. “The Tomahawk is an incredible weapon, very offensive weapon. And honestly, Russia does not need that.”

This follows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s appeal to Trump for enhanced military backing during a weekend phone conversation.

Russia previously cautioned in September that American assistance in launching Tomahawks could be interpreted as direct involvement in the conflict.

“Do they (Russia) want to have Tomahawks going in that direction? I don’t think so,” Trump remarked whilst aboard the aircraft. “I think I might speak to Russia about that.”, reports the Mirror.

The US deployed these missiles, which boast a maximum range of 1,550 miles and carry warheads weighing nearly half a ton, in strikes against Iranian nuclear installations in June.

Tomahawks, initially deployed against Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War, would represent a dramatic escalation in firepower beyond any weaponry the West has previously supplied to Kyiv.

Trump acknowledged such action would constitute “a new step of aggression”.

Last week, he expressed concerns that providing Ukraine with such missiles might trigger an “escalation” in the war, though on Sunday, Zelensky assured that Kyiv would exclusively target Russian military installations. “We never attacked their civilians. This is the big difference between Ukraine and Russia,” Zelensky told Fox News.

“That’s why, if we speak about long-range [missiles], we speak only about military goals.”

Moscow responded swiftly to Trump’s remarks.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declared: “Now is really a very dramatic moment in terms of the fact that tensions are escalating from all sides. Just imagine: a long-range missile is launched and is flying and we know that it could be nuclear. What should the Russian Federation think? Just how should Russia react? Military experts overseas should understand this.”

Former Russian president and senior security official Dmitry Medvedev ridiculed Trump as a “star-spangled uncle”.

“The delivery of these missiles could end badly for everyone, and most of all, for Trump himself,” he warned.

This follows comments made last week by prime-time state TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov, who cautioned that supplying long-range Tomahawk rockets to Ukraine might trigger a fresh Cuban Missile Crisis, reminiscent of 1962.

“(The West) just need to understand that the transfer of Tomahawk (missiles to Ukraine) is already a new Cuban Crisis,” he stated.

“And when they try to say: ‘What difference does it make…..?’ It makes no difference, we’ll just get hit and that will be the end of it. [But], by the way, if the United Kingdom is wiped out, I think the whole of humanity will applaud.”

Late last month, US Vice President JD Vance was the first to disclose that America was contemplating sending Tomahawks to Ukraine.