Footage of devastating nuclear explosions were aired during a chilling segment on Russian propaganda TV.
A channel owned by the media wing of Gazprom, the Kremlin-obedient energy giant, showed footage entitled “In anticipation of nuclear conflict - how weapons of mass destruction have become part of the geopolitical game”. The segment showed a number of nuclear explosions and their aftermath, including a giant mushroom cloud and what an atomic blast would look like.
A presenter then appeared alongside a row of old gas masks and protective clothing, The Mirror reports . It comes as a top Putin lieutenant Ramzan Kadyrov called on the Russian leader to consider “using low-yield nuclear weapons” in the border territories of Ukraine.