Moscow’s “doomsday plane” in May 9 Parade raises nuclear threat over Ukraine war. Ties with Israel plummet

The Il-80 exhibited on Wednesday, May 4, in the rehearsal for the May 9 Victory Parade was designed as a flying command post for President Vladimir Putin to lead a nuclear war – hence its designation as the “doomsday plane.” It was escorted by eight Mig-29 fighters forming the letter Z, the symbol of the Russian Ukraine operation. May 9 marks the anniversary of Russia’s defeat of Nazi Germany and an important day on its national calendar.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitiry Peskov dismissed speculation that Putin was planning to formally declare war on Ukraine – currently defined as “a special military operation” – and call for full mobilization. However, the IL-80’s appearance (see photo) on one of Russia’s most significant national days is loaded with dire significance, indicating that Russia would not hold back from using nuclear weaponry if necessary to attain victory in Ukraine.

On Wednesday, Alexander Sladkov, the prestigious Russian war correspondent covering the war, advised Moscow to take a leaf out of the American book. The US ended the second world war with Japan by dropping nuclear bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. By turning some provinces of Ukraine into a huge crater, Mocow could eliminate the threat posed by 40 nations replenishing Ukraine’s arms supplies, he said. Other Russian military correspondents commented a week ago that the UK by arming Kiev is playing with fire, noting that a a single Smart 2 supersonic ICBM dropped near the coast of England would send a 500m high tsunami flooding the British Isles and create a radioactive wasteland. READ MORE