Sky TV show sparks furious Russian response as embassy threatens NUCLEAR retaliation over fictional strike

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Russia's embassy in London has issued an explicit nuclear threat in response to a Sky television programme in which former British politicians simulated a military strike on a Russian base in Kaliningrad.The diplomatic mission published statements on both Telegram and X warning any attack on Russian territory would provoke retaliation with the full arsenal at Moscow's disposal, nuclear weapons included.The programme that prompted this reaction, The Wargame, aired on Sky earlier this month and featured ex-ministers role-playing a crisis scenario in which Britain comes under sustained Russian assault and ultimately decides to hit back at the Kaliningrad exclave.The show's premise placed Michael Gove in the role of Prime Minister, with Nicola Sturgeon serving as his deputy, a pairing that in itself underscored the fictional nature of the exercise.

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