A RUSSIAN embassy has used a bizarre hypothetical scenario involving Boris Johnson using nuclear weapons on an independent Scotland in order to justify the invasion of Ukraine.
The outlandish statement, which also claims the Tory Prime Minister would expose Scots to “exotic viruses”, came in reaction to a joint condemnation of Vladimir Putin’s war from British and Ukrainian diplomats.
The statement was put out in both Bosnian and Russian on the official Embassy of the Russian Federation in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Facebook page. It came in response to a column written by “the Ambassador of Great Britain and the Ombudsman of Ukraine in Bosnia and Herzegovina” in the Bosnia Daily.
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It reads (in translation): “Imagine a hypothetical picture.
“In response to Scotland's declaration of independence, England decides to strike the secessionists.
“At the same time, all Scots have been ordered to speak only in Cockney, and using their native language is a state crime.
“As a result of the methodical bombings of Edinburgh and Glasgow, more than 14,000 people died, including many children. The international community intervenes, and in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Sarajevo Agreements on the stabilization of the situation are signed.
“For eight years, London has squandered, maneuvered, and evaded, continuing to systematically destroy Scotland. What would Scotland do under such conditions?
“Of course, the picture is truly hypothetical. In fact, the British patriot Boris would have long ago given the order to launch several targeted nuclear strikes on Scottish cities, and before that he would have sprayed Scotland with ‘exotic viruses’.
“But in fact, before singing in a duet about ‘Russian aggression’, one should understand with his heart why - in the end - our righteous actions became inevitable.
“But these gentlemen have no heart. We doubt they even have a brain.”
The Bosnia Daily’s website says it is an “electronic newspaper in English targeting foreigners living and working in Bosnia-Herzegovina”.
It is distributed via email to subscribers alone, and The National has not yet been able to contact the paper or read the diplomats’ column to which the embassy was responding.
Downing Street declined to comment.
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