Sunday 8 May 2022 12:56 PM Russia can 'destroy NATO countries in half an hour', claims close Putin crony ... trends now
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One of Vladimir Putin's closest cronies claims Russia could destroy all NATO countries 'in half a hour'.
Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Kremlin's space agency, Roscosmos, also admitted the strongman's aim is to defeat the 'enemy' West and expunge Ukraine from the map.
'NATO is waging a war against us,' said the former deputy premier of the 30-state Western military alliance.
Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Kremlin's space agency, Roscosmos, also admitted the strongman's aim is to defeat the 'enemy' West and expunge Ukraine from the map
He hinted that Putin would put Russia on a war footing amid speculation that a mass mobilisation is on the cards to bolster his flagging war effort
'They didn't announce it, but that doesn't change anything.
'Now it's obvious to everyone.'
The hardliner, 58, said: 'In a nuclear war, NATO countries will be destroyed by us in half an hour.
'But we must not allow it, because the consequences of the exchange of nuclear strikes will affect the state of our Earth.
'Therefore, we will have to defeat this economically and militarily more powerful enemy with conventional armed means.'
He hinted that Putin would put Russia on a war footing amid
