A fanatical Russian commander has suggested the fastest way of defeating Ukraine is to "wipe out the British Isles" and turn it into a "third world country".
The strange and alarming remarks were made by Andrey Gurulyov, a retired commander in the Russian military and current member of the Russian State Duma.
On Russian TV, the lieutenant general who served as a Russian tank commander said: "To serious things - London understands there is no defence against [Russian] hypersonic missiles.
