Putin spreads fear – Duma speaker threatens France with a nuclear strike: “It takes two minutes”. “France is capable of deploying a division, that is, about 20,000 men, in a coalition within 30 days,” wrote General Pierre Schill in an article for the newspaper Le Monde.
A scenario that, in view of Russian threats, is causing unrest not only among France's western allies, but also in the Kremlin. The threat was in response to an infographic broadcast on Russian television in 2022 that showed how quickly a rocket from Moscow could reach London, Paris and Berlin.