A Russia war reporter has claimed Vladimir Putin will soon have "no way back" but to unleash nuclear weapons on Ukraine.
Alexander Sladkov, a "propagandist" for the Kremlin, advocated for an atomic bombing to cause “a crater the size of several regions”.
Putin says his "special military operation" has been to "liberate" it from the "Neo-Nazis". Russia has tied itself in knots trying to support this argument for war.
Sladkov told his 730,000 followers time may be approaching for the “last resort” because some 40 countries are arming Ukraine with weapons that are being used against the Russians.
He posted: "There is more and more talk about nuclear weapons, and Russia has much to say about it.
“We have a solution for Ukraine. There are several, yet we are getting reminded about the last resort - nuclear weapons.
“If no one is going to hear us, and 40 countries keep helping the Ukrainian neo-Nazis, we will have no way back.”
He said: “The Americans used nuclear weapons in Japan, in a demonstrative way.
“So us, Russians, will have to demonstratively do it in Ukraine to remove the issue with further confrontation with those known 40 countries.
"A crater the size of several regions will be a clear example of how serious is Russia’s appeal to NATO to get back to peace and harmony. But where will Ukraine go?
“Exactly where it's heading right now, with the only difference that it’ll be fast, and cheaper for Russia.
“The Europeans and Americans can’t quite get it that one must not harass a neighbouring country with such a giant nuclear potential.
“Thinking about it, I remember just how easily the US used nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and how easily they nearly deployed them at Dien Bien Phu in 1954.”
Sladkov warned: “Everything is possible, and this is what the Americans teach us. And we are learning.
“Not that any of this will make it easier for Ukraine.”
It comes hours after Ukraine's top military spy chief said the invasion will only come to an end with the death of Vladimir Putin.
Major-General Kyrylo Budanov has said that the Russian leader has effectively signed his death warrant by ordering his troops into Ukraine.
Boldly predicting a Ukrainian victory at the same time as a warning that mass mobilisation in Russia was near, Major-General Budanov issued this veiled threat on Monday evening.
“Leaving him a way to retreat is one of the strategies, but it is almost unrealistic,” he told The New Voice of Ukraine when asked if Putin would survive the war.
“He is a war criminal for the whole world. This is his end, he drove himself into a dead end. Don't worry, Ukraine will win."
