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Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will speak later today. (Image: Getty)
unleashed its leading TV propagandist to warn that British and French troops face death if they are deployed to . Frothing with fury, Vladimir Solovyov raged: “You can station them wherever you want. We will kill you all, and we will kill you all just as we killed all of you who came to Kursk [region] and did not have time to run away or surrender. We will kill you all.” His message echoes senior Russian security council official Dmitry Medvedev who predicted World War Three if Sir and deploy troops from their proposed “coalition of the willing” in .
Solovyov – whose propaganda is choreographed with the Kremlin – ranted that Russians could march across Europe and storm Macron’s capital. “If necessary, we will enter Paris,” he told viewers across ’s 11 time zones. “We have no experience of entering London, by the way.” The eruption comes just one day before and pick up the phone to discuss a potential ceasefire in .
Last night, Trump claimed “many elements of a Final Agreement have been agreed to, but much remains” to be discussed. He added that he “very much looked forward to” speaking with Putin.
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Putin unleashes fearsome heavy flamethrower – ‘most terrible conventional weapon in world’
has ramped up his war ahead of peace talks today with .
The Russians deployed TOS-1A Solntsepek heavy flamethrowers in support of advancing troops in the Kharkiv region.
The weapon has been called “the most terrible [conventional] weapon in the world”, using munitions that disperse a fuel aerosol and explode the resulting gas cloud.
The Solntsepek has also been called a “poor man’s nuclear weapon” as, though not atomic, it causes horrific devastation, often leaving only charred human skeletons within a blast radius of 1,000ft, rupturing lungs and leaving no hope of survival with a blast temperature as high as 3,000°C.
Russian troops have used a new frightening weapon. (Image: East2West)
Trump says ‘much remains’ to be discussed ahead of Putin call
said he has already agreed on “many elements” of a ceasefire ahead of his call with .
However, he added that “much remains” to be discussed.
He wrote on his platform Truth Social: “Tomorrow morning I will be speaking to President Putin concerning the War in . Many elements of a Final Agreement have been agreed to, but much remains.
“Thousands of young soldiers, and others, are being killed. Each week brings 2,500 soldier deaths, from both sides, and it must end NOW. I look very much forward to the call with President Putin.”
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