Russian army colonel issues 10-day nuclear strike warning – 'The time has come'

Russian army colonel issues 10-day nuclear strike warning – 'The time has come'Kremlin TV war pundit Colonel Mikhail Khodarenok made the chilling threat after admitting the war in Ukraine 'isn't solvable with conventional weapons' and called for the use of nuclear arms insteadCommentsNewsWill Stewart Russia Correspondent and Joe Smith News Reporter11:51, 07 Apr 2026Updated 12:07, 07 Apr 2026View 2 ImagesColonel Mikhail Khodarenok called for use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine as there is no 'other way out'(Image: Rossiya 1/east2west news)A Russian colonel has called for nuclear weapons to be used in Ukraine to end the war in 10 days.‌Kremlin TV war pundit Col. Mikhail Khodarenok advocated for switching to nuclear weapons in the conflict and issuing a deadline to Ukraine after which Russia would unleash nuclear bombs.‌Khodarenok said should issue a deadline similar to the one Donald Trump issued to Iran - except the Russian version for obliterating Ukraine involves being ready to unleash nuclear bombs.‌“The Ukrainian leadership will be faced with the question of whether the country will be left in complete ruins, or we move to some kind of peace agreement,” he said.View 2 ImagesRussia's 'Nuclear Maniacs Club'(Image: Rossiya 1/east2west news)“The task isn't solvable with conventional weapons, the ones we have, so perhaps we should switch to special [nuclear] weapons and end this conflict within 10 days, [or] by May 1?”‌Putin’s TV propagandist-in-chief Vladimir Solovyov said to the retired air defence forces commander: “Welcome to our Nuclear Maniacs Club. I've been calling for this for a long time.”Khodarenok said he no longer advocated “caution”, adding: "If the [Ukrainian] leadership, the military-political leadership, certain high-ranking officials, political leaders, are hiding in underground bunkers, located at considerable depths…“How can they be reached there, except with special weapons…? For me th...