Putin says he’d annihilate the world if nukes were fired at Russia

Vladimir Putin has revealed when he will unleash nuclear missiles on the West .

He made clear that if Russia was under attack and faced being wiped out, then the world would not be worth saving.

In a TV documentary he said: ‘I want to tell you, and I want this to be known here and abroad.

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‘Our plans for using it (his nuclear arsenal), I am hoping it will never happen, our theoretical plans of using it is a so-called retaliatory, counter strike.

‘A decision about using nuclear weapon can be made only if our missile warning system recorded not only the launch of missiles, but also gave an accurate prediction of flight trajectories and the time when the warheads fall on Russia.’

He said: ‘This is called a retaliatory, counter strike, when we receive a legal right to respond.

‘Yes this will be a global catastrophe for humankind. It will be a global catastrophe for the world.

Cake fan: President Putin looked over the moon to be visiting a bakery and confectionery factory in Samara, Russia on Wednesday

Poser: The President joined the staff for a foto opportunity at the factory

‘But as a citizen of Russia, as a head of the Russian state, I want to ask – why do we need a world if Russia ceases to exist?’

It comes as Putin praised U.S. President Donald Trump as a ‘great communicator who is easy to talk to’, branding the prolific tweeter a man with whom ‘you can search for a compromise.’  

In an interview with Russian state TV, Putin said he was disappointed in the U.S. political system, which he said has ‘demonstrated its inefficiency and has been eating itself up.’