Russian MP urges Vladimir Putin to attack UK as he targets Rishi Sunak

Vladimir Putin went on a vicious rant about the UK at the Eastern Economic Forum on Tuesday 12 September during which he questioned Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s level of understanding about what British intelligence is doing in Ukraine. He went on to threaten the UK, claiming Brits ‘underestimate’ Russia.

Now, a member of the Russian parliament has picked up where Putin left off: Andrey Gurulyov, a MP and former military commander, urged Putin to attack the UK and called Sunak a ‘target’. He spoke on Russia-1, the state television channel. A translated clip was shared by Francis Scarr from BBC Monitoring on X.

Why Gurulyov wants Putin to attack the UK

The lawmaker appeared on Russia-1 with other guests and host Vladimir Solovyov. The group was discussing Putin’s heated speech at the Eastern Economic Forum. The Russian President claimed that British intelligence had trained ‘saboteurs’ who tried, and failed, to damage a Russian atomic facility. Putin slammed Rishi Sunak and claimed that Brits ‘underestimated’ Russia.

Gurulyov agreed with Putin, labeled Rishi Sunak a ‘target’, and went so far as to say Russia should attack the UK with missiles:

Why should we hit nuclear energy sites in Ukraine? We're going to have to live there. We've got Sunak… Why do we need Sunak or Britain if he's trying to put our Kursk or Novovoronezh nuclear power stations into disrepair?

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Ukraine war could become international

If Russia were to attack the UK it could spark an international war, because NATO recognises an attack on a member country as an attack on all members, as Newsweek points out.

However, Gurulyov seemed adamant that an attack on the UK should be Russia’s next move:

I don't think there's a target in the U.K. which our armed forces couldn't handle...What, do we not have targets there?

​​Sunak too! He's also a target!...Given that he's trying to cause a nuclear disaster here. Why are we busy being shy?

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Sources used:

Newsweek:Russian Lawmaker Pressures Putin to Escalate Global War

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