Russia prepares SECOND Monster Yars nuke for battle – as pro-Putin MP threatens London with missile strike

Russia issued a new nuclear threat to the UK today after loading a second massive missile into a silo near Moscow.

Footage released by state media shows the Yars missile, which can be armed with a nuclear warhead and reach all of Europe and the US mainland, being loaded into the ground at the Kozelsky base, 160 miles south of Moscow.

It comes just a day after further images showed another missile hitting the same base and when a retired Russian general said Russia should prioritize the attack on London over Washington DC.

Russian state media released footage of another Yars missile being loaded into a silo south of Moscow

‘No need [strike] Washington first – it’s too far away,” Lieutenant General Andrey Gurulev told state television. “London is next door… London is the main breeding ground of all meanness.”

Vladimir Putin has intensified his saber rattling since declaring war on Ukraine in February, with the West as the primary target.

Such threats have been rolled back in recent weeks after Beijing said they should stop, but are slowly picking up again ahead of Russia’s annual Strategic Missile Forces Day on Saturday.

The last time Russia demonstrated its Yars missiles was in October, when Putin oversaw the annual Grom nuclear exercises.

Submarines, nuclear bombers and Russia’s nuclear missile forces took part in these exercises – overseen by Putin’s nuclear command centre.

Colonel Igor Korotchenko, editor-in-chief of Russia’s National Defense magazine, later said the exercises were a dress rehearsal for the destruction of Britain and the US.

Lieutenant General Andrei Gurulev suggested to Russian state media viewers that Russia should consider a nuclear attack on London before hitting Washington DC

Yars missiles can reach all of Europe and the continental United States from the Kozelsky base where they are based

Russia released footage of the Yars missile being transported a day after it showed another missile being delivered to the same location

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Following the release of the latest images of the Yars missile, General Gurulev said the West was determined to see Ukraine attack Russia.

“So why are we ashamed to say we should attack London?” he asked.

“I’m not saying we should destroy everyone. We must destroy critical facilities – control centers, military bases and airfields.

“I’m sure we should have a catalog about the general staff and it’s constantly being updated… Is it nuclear…[or not]?

“If it’s non-nuclear, you have to calculate how many missile carriers, ships, aircraft, satellite constellation(s)… [drones] are required.

And an attack on London, strange as it may sound, would be the first and last warning to them [real decision-makers – Washington].’

According to reports, the Koselsk missile complex in the Kaluga region is being modernized and given an overhaul.

Colonel Alexei Sokolov said after the first Yars missile launched on Tuesday that the “complicated technological operations” took several hours.

Vladimir Putin has threatened to use his nuclear arsenal since the start of the war in Ukraine earlier this year – but has scaled back the rhetoric after warnings from Beijing

State media footage shows a Russian Strategic Missile Forces soldier transporting one of the Yars nuclear missiles to its silo

Moscow carried out a test launch of one of its Yars missiles in October when propagandists said they were rehearsing a strike against Britain or the US.

He made it clear that the exercise was to send a message to the West, with both the UK and the US within reach.

“The importance of this operation lies in the fact that the next missile will be put into combat service on schedule,” he said.

“The Fatherland will receive another nuclear missile weapon capable of solving all tasks at the strategic level.”

Combat engineer Vadim Vyazovsky told TV Zvezda, the Russian Defense Ministry’s own channel: “I am proud of Russia that my country uses such products so that the motherland can sleep well.”

According to reports, the Kozelsk missile will be modernized and given an overhaul.

The Yars is a modification of the Topol-M missile system and was first deployed in 2009. During the October exercise, Russia is believed to have practiced its response to a Western nuclear attack.

However, it is not Russia’s most advanced nuclear missile – that is the Sarmat 2, which Putin oversaw in a test launch in April.

Moscow claims that the missile can carry up to 15 nuclear warheads mounted on their new Avangard hypersonic reentry vehicles and deliver them to their targets.

According to Putin, these vehicles are so fast and highly maneuverable that none of the current missile defense systems can stop them.

He has often used this fact to threaten other nations as his war in Ukraine continues to end badly for the Kremlin.

Pictured: Images from Russia show the Yars missile being loaded into a silo on Wednesday

China, Russia and the US are currently engaged in a global arms race in which the three countries are being asked to negotiate treaties to limit the number of weapons they may possess