The butcher of Chechnya, veteran Colonel General Vladimir Shamanov, told Channel 1 that Putin should secure Ukraine' s western border with Poland. The MP and recipient of Russia's highest honour, the Hero of Russia, said: “The time has come for our leadership to say very clearly - these are the borders.
“And don’t you Poles dare poking in here, even 10 metres. You’ll be hit immediately with the whole might of our Kalibr [cruise missiles]. And with all the might of artillery and aviation. This is not a nuclear weapon, but an ordinary one. And then the praised Polish army will run - knees up high - right back to Warsaw.”
The Poles would be defeated “in full” if it sought to interfere with Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, he said. However, as Russian state TV makes bold threats, there are reports that cracks are appearing between Putin and his top generals.
