A Russian weatherman has issued an unhinged weather forecast, saying conditions are right for a nuclear strike on Britain and Europe. Meteorologist Yevgeny Tishkovets said today’s conditions were “favourable for the use of a full range of weapons”, including nuclear.

He added that the direction of the wind would maximise the radiation across Europe. Tishkovets said: “By the way, the wind pattern today is favourable for the use of a full range of weapons, including even low-yield nuclear weapons. Because the wind in the lower troposphere is currently blowing strictly east-west.

“From a height of one and a half to five kilometres [4,922ft to 16,404ft], east to west.

“Any radiation, any clouds, and so on—everything associated with [a nuclear explosion]—will be blown in a clear, broad direction toward European countries.”

The weatherman previously called for a missile strike on Farnborough, Hampshire, based on the weather conditions.

The hit did immense damage to Putin’s military machine by knocking out a microelectronics plant supplying key components to multiple Russian missiles.

He said: “After the bloody strike of the Ukrainian Nazis against the centre of our dear Bryansk, I’m simply begging our Defence Ministry to carry out missile strikes and destroy factories [in the West].

“For example, in the French commune Le Plessis-Robinson [the site of MBDA’s HQ] in the suburbs of Paris.