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Russian state tv has issued a chilling warning that nuclear weapons might be deployed to “wipe Ukrainian cities off the face of the earth” and remove Volodymyr Zelensky “in his bunker.”

The alarming threat emerges as Vladimir Putin faces setbacks in the battle and acknowledges his lack of ability to subdue Ukraine through standard missiles, drones, and ground forces.

In the printed, Putin’s propaganda figures openly refer to themselves as the “Nuclear Maniacs Club.”

Kremlin TV navy analyst Col. Mikhail Khodarenok acknowledged to tens of millions of viewers that Putin’s method over 4 years of warfare has not achieved its targets.

He proposed a threat comparable to the one Donald Trump made to Iran, though the Russian blueprint for destroying Ukraine includes the potential deployment of nuclear weapons.

“The Ukrainian leadership will be faced with the question of whether the country will be left in complete ruins, or we move to some kind of peace agreement,” he said.

“The task isn’t solvable with conventional weapons, the ones we have, so perhaps we should switch to special [nuclear] weapons and end this conflict within ten days, by May 1?”

Putin’s chief TV propagandist, Vladimir Solovyov, responded: “Welcome to our Nuclear Maniacs Club. I’ve been calling for this for a long time.”

Khodarenok – a retired air protection forces commander – acknowledged he no longer supported “caution.” “If the [Ukrainian] leadership, the military-political leadership, certain high-ranking officials, political leaders, are hiding in underground bunkers, located at considerable depths…

“How can they be reached there, besides with particular weapons…?”

“For me, the time has come when the use of particular weapons shouldn’t be thought-about an out-of-the-ordinary incidence.

“Because the conflict must be ended, ended as quickly as possible.

“This will save tens of 1000’s of lives.

“This will protect our country’s infrastructure from attacks.”

Both he and Solovyov declared, “We don’t care” relating to worldwide backlash.

They steered Ukraine ought to obtain a Trump-style ultimatum to settle for a Moscow-imposed peace settlement, successfully capitulating to Putin’s calls for, or face nuclear assaults within 48 hours.

Solovyov issued a stark warning: “Citizens living in Kyiv, Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Kharkiv, leave your cities immediately.

“They will probably be wiped off the face of the earth.”