Terrifying World War Three map reveals how quickly Russian missiles could hit major cities

A terrifying map has shown where Russian president Vladimir Putin could fire his Oreshnik missiles, and how fast they would impact European cities like London, Warsaw and Paris

A terrifying map has revealed just how quickly Vladimir Putin's missiles could reach major European cities.

The Russian president has lowered the bar for unleashing bombing runs on European nations supporting Ukraine following the use of UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles to strike targets in Russia. Moscow's ambassador, Andrei Kelin, suggested Britain was now "directly involved" in the war in Ukraine.

It has led many to wonder where the missiles fired by Russia could end up, and a chilling new graphic shows it would take just 20 minutes to hit capital cities like Paris and London - with even less time needed to strike Berlin or Warsaw.

Taking to Twitter/X with the map, Preston Stewart wrote: "Russian media released a new graphic showing Oreshnik missile flight times to major cities in Europe." The map, published by RT News, suggests the approximate missile flight time of the Oreshnik missile is just 20 minutes away from Paris and London. The hypersonic ballistic missiles are labelled "unstoppable" and Putin claims "no one in the world has such weapons."

He said of the Oreshnik: "There is no countermeasure to such a missile, no means of intercepting it, in the world today. And I will emphasise once again that we will continue testing this newest system. It is necessary to establish serial production." Putin has since ordered the mass production of said missiles.

President Putin has since warned the world he has a "right to use our weapons against" countries aiding Ukraine, though nations like the UK and US have been adamant in their support of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's continued campaign against invading forces.

Putin said: "We believe that we have the right to use our weapons against military facilities of the countries that allow to use their weapons against our facilities. And in case of escalation of aggressive actions, we will respond resolutely in a mirror way."

Ambassador Kelin has since suggested the US, France and the UK has escalated the situation between Ukraine and Russia, leading some to believe it could be, as the Moscow representative called it, a "collision between the nuclear powers," Sky News reported. He said: "The US administration, support by France and the UK, has made a deliberate decision to make these strikes, which seriously escalates the situation, and it can bring a collision between the nuclear powers."

Kelin has since warned there are "mercenaries from different countries" which could be deployed by Russia. He said: "On that subject, I can say easily that we have plenty of mercenaries from different countries that are fighting right now on the side of Ukraine. We just have seen in the Kursk area of the Polish unit, which has a special uniform worn by Polish soldiers. So what's the matter?"