Russian colonel issues terrifying World War 3 nuclear threat to Britain and US

New intelligence shows Washington is preparing to bolster Kyiv with the provision of Tomahawk and Barracuda missiles for deep incursions into Russian territory – which a Russian colonel said would trigger WW3

Russia has warned that any US move greenlit by Donald Trump^[1] to supply long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine^[2] could trigger a Kremlin declaration of nuclear war against both the United States and Britain.

New intelligence shows Washington is preparing to bolster Kyiv with enhanced targeting data for strikes on Russia’s energy networks, while pressing NATO^[3] allies to follow suit. The US is also weighing the provision of Tomahawk and Barracuda missiles for deep incursions into Russian territory – a move seen as retaliation after Moscow^[4] rebuffed Trump’s peace overtures.

The agreed targets would allow a stepping up of Ukraine’s already successful strikes on Russian refineries, pipelines, power stations and other infrastructure to cripple Vladimir Putin^[5]’s oil supplies and revenues.

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But military analyst Colonel Igor Korotchenko, editor-in-chief of Russia^[6]’s ‘National Defence’ journal, singled out Tomahawk – which has a range of around 1,500 miles – saying such a move will trigger World War Three.

He claimed such strikes cannot be carried out only by Ukrainians but would require US or British military involvement to hit targets inside Russia. “From the point of view of international law norms – this is a ‘casus belli’,” he told Readovka. “Accordingly, Russia will have to respond with retaliatory strikes and, obviously, not only on the territory of Ukraine.”

He told Moscow city-owned TVC channel: “Tomahawk is a high-precision weapon and can be used in both conventional and nuclear warfare. Therefore, the very fact of transferring such weapons to Ukraine will mean that the United Kingdom^[7] or the United States – either of which can transfer such weapons to the Zelensky regime – will automatically enter into war against the Russian Federation.

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“We will have neither the time nor the opportunity, nor the desire to ask ourselves questions such as: which Tomahawk, nuclear or conventional, was launched from Ukrainian territory at targets in Russia?”

There has been no suggestion that Tomahawks would be nuclear armed, but Colonel Korotchenko has warned that Russia is giving itself “a free hand to respond in any way necessary,” including using its “entire arsenal of conventional and nuclear weapons to eliminate such a threat if it becomes real.”

He also called for immediate action ahead of any Western deployment of Tomahawks, demanding the lights go out in Ukraine. “The Zelensky regime must be deprived of light and fuel, then it will fall to its knees and crawl to sign a peace agreement on Russian terms,” he said.