'Russia could defeat Ukraine in 30 min': Burevestnik Missile Touted as Game-Changer by Kremlin

Russian State Duma deputy Andrey Gurulyov issued a chilling warning claiming Russia could defeat Ukraine in just 30 minutes and that its nuclear-capable Burevestnik missile could wipe out an entire U.S. state. Speaking on the Solovyov Live channel, Gurulyov boasted of the missile’s unlimited range, ability to evade defenses, and strategic power, sending a stark warning to the West. His remarks come amid rising tensions with the U.S. after President Donald Trump suggested the possibility of renewed nuclear testing, raising global concerns over a potential new arms race.
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00:00A Russian lawmaker has issued a chilling warning about Moscow's recently tested

00:14nuclear-capable Bivestnik missile, boasting that it could wipe out an entire U.S. state.

00:20The threat came from State Duma deputy Andrei Gerulyov, a former deputy commander of Russia's

00:29southern military district during a fiery appearance on the Solovyov live talk and video

00:34channel, a platform often used by Kremlin loyalists to project Moscow's power narrative.

00:44If the situation escalates, each missile can carry a charge of up to a megaton.

00:50This means, if launched, that one state is gone.

00:54There was an American state, and now it's gone.

00:58Nothing will end.

00:59No one will remain for us to talk to.

01:05Gerulyov, known for his frequent threats toward the West, claimed Russia could defeat Ukraine

01:10in 30 minutes if it chose to escalate the conflict.

01:14His remarks came amid heightened tensions between Moscow and Washington following U.S. President

01:19Donald Trump's suggestion that nuclear testing could soon resume, a statement that has reignited

01:25fears of a new arms race.

01:30During the segment, anchor Vladislav Shurigen asked Gerulyov about the significance of last

01:35month's test launch of the Bivestnik, a missile Moscow insists can evade any missile defence

01:41system.

01:44The lawmaker responded with characteristic bravado, declaring that each Bivestnik carries

01:50enough power to erase an entire American state, if not more.

01:55He described the weapon as capable of remaining airborne indefinitely, even suggesting it could

02:00fly to the Antarctic, circle the globe, and quietly approach from the south before striking

02:06its target.

02:09Code named by NATO as SSC-X-9 Skyfall, the Bivestnik was first unveiled by President Vladimir Putin

02:16in March 2018 as one of six game-changing strategic weapons designed to reassert Russia's military

02:24dominance.

02:26Moscow touts the missile's range as virtually unlimited, thanks to its onboard nuclear propulsion

02:32system, a technology that, if fully operational, would represent a leap in global nuclear capability.

02:41Putin himself praised the missile's performance in October 2023, declaring it had been successfully

02:47flight-tested, although no independent verification has ever confirmed such success.

02:55According to the Nuclear Threat Initiative , the weapon has had a troubled record, with

03:00only two partial successes out of at least 13 known tests.

03:05However, Russia's chief of the general staff, Valery Gerasimov, claimed on October 21st that

03:11a Bivestnik missile recently flew eight to seven hundred miles during a 15-hour test, a feat

03:17hailed by Putin as unique.

03:21The achievements you have attained are of historical significance for our people in ensuring security

03:28and strategic parity for decades ahead, without exaggeration, throughout the 21st century.

03:38As is known, Bivestnik has surpassed all known missile systems worldwide in terms of flight

03:44range.

03:46It boasts high target accuracy, reliably hitting its targets at precisely calculated times.

03:56I believe this has also been demonstrated to foreign experts.

04:01As a NATO reconnaissance ship was constantly present in the vicinity during Bivestnik's tests

04:07on October 21st.

04:10We did not interfere with its activities.

04:13Let them observe.

04:16Guruliev, echoing Putin's rhetoric, said the Bivestnik's main advantage was its guaranteed

04:22ability to strike any target on the planet.

04:26He went further, suggesting that the mere threat of such a weapon could bring the war in Ukraine

04:31to a close within 30 minutes.

04:36Dismissing concerns that the use of nuclear weapons would turn Russia into an international

04:40pariah, he argued that many nations would instead line up to be allies with Moscow after witnessing

04:47such a show of force.

04:49Yet, even as he issued these apocalyptic warnings, Guruliev insisted he was not calling for the immediate

04:58use of nuclear weapons, only cautioning that Russia's adversaries should never assume they

05:03would remain unused.

'Russia could defeat Ukraine in 30 min': Burevestnik Missile Touted as Game-Changer by Kremlin

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