Russia will respond if members of the NATO military alliance deploy troops to Ukraine, a Kremlin propagandist said.

The Haekbangashoe system, known as the "nuclear trigger," oversees North Korea's military posture to respond to any nuclear attack, even though the country has approved pre-emptive strikes.

Kiselyov’s remarks did not mince words when he suggested that Russia would unleash its entire arsenal of nuclear weapons, including the Sarmat (Satan 2), Yars, and Avangard missiles, in retaliation to any strategic defeat inflicted by the West.

State TV guests have routinely warned that Russia may strike NATO territory over aid and weapons provided to Kyiv.

Any bid by the West to put boots on the ground in Ukraine to 'inflict a strategic defeat on Russia' would result in Armageddon, warned Dmitry Kiselyov.

"France, as a nuclear power, will have to be disarmed in an instant. The British Isles will simply go underwater," an anchor on mainstream Russia news channel declared.