Putin claims he could wipe out Ukraine’s entire military in just 50 MINUTES as Russia blasts UK for supporting Kiev

IT could take Russia as little at 50 minutes to wipe out Ukraine’s entire military, Vladimir Putin has claimed. Russian media has boasted its deadly Black Sea Fleet and troops in Crimea was able to “neutralise the Ukrainian Armed Forces in between 50 and 600 minutes” if it felt it was about to be under attack. East2WestRussia’s state-run media is churning out claims Russian troops would decimate Ukrainian military posts in 50 minutes[/caption] APVladimir Putin has blasted a new arms deal between London and Kiev[/caption] The chilling threat comes amid concerns over Russia’s troops reportedly massing on Ukraine’s border sparking fears of all-out invasion and follows hot off the heal of an arms deal between London and Kiev. State-run media in Russia, which is widely seen as Putin‘s mouthpiece, have raised the ante in recent days. Glavmedia Telegram said Russian forces would obliterate Ukraine’s defences in between 50 minutes and ten hours, according to an unnamed “high-ranking source”. The report said that “in the event of a Ukrainian attack on Crimea or other Russian territories, the Black Sea Fleet will completely neutralise all enemy warships and coastal military infrastructure”. This would include military bases, radio-electronic and air defences, artillery and airfields. “A ‘no-access bubble’ has been deployed for such a task in Crimea, and all naval, air, artillery and missile and other assets – including airborne, tank, special and marines units – are available on the peninsula, and off Novorossiysk.” Most read in The Sun HARD TO KEEPY UPPY Jack Grealish dating Love Island's Amber Gill AS WELL as Emily Atack DODGING DEATH Jogger uses Ring doorbell to enter stranger's burning home & rescue pets INSIDER INFO You’ve been drying your clothes all wrong - here's how WITHOUT a tumble dryer PAEDO EXPOSED Teacher, 35, who abused underage girl, 15, pictured after husband called cops HAIR MARE I’m a hairdresser and these are the most annoying things clients say to us daily LAST WORDS I'm a hospice nurse & this is what most people say before they die Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.  The expert denied Russia would act first but would respond “reactively” to a perceived attack.  This came as Russia revealed it will complete forming a new air assault grouping in Crimea by next month.  “The process of reorganising the Kamyshin separate air assault unit into an air assault regiment will be completed by the beginning of December of this year,” said the Russian defence ministry.  Russia issued a strong attack on an agreement between UK defence minister Ben Wallace and his Ukrainian opposite number Oleksii Reznikov to sell warships and missiles.  Britain insisted it had “no desire to be adversarial, or seek in any way to strategically encircle or undermine the Russian Federation”, but Moscow slammed the deal.  “We regard this fact as yet another practical proof of the build-up of British military activity in countries that are bordering Russia, in particular Ukraine,” said Zakharova.  Britain’s decision to conclude such an agreement was a “factor of instability and undermines the situation on the European continent”. Claiming Britain was jeopardising “regional security”, she warned that Russia is “forced to take such circumstances into account and take adequate measures”. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov claimed that Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky was seeking to provoke military incidents in order to win help from the West.  His government was “inflating all kinds of horror stories, including that of a Russian threat,” said the veteran foreign minister.  “They are turning to Berlin and Paris with calls for protection. “They are appealing to Nato to send troops to defend a free, democratic Ukraine and are in talks with the British to set up some naval bases and much more.” In 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea, and backed pro-Moscow rebels in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the US warned that Moscow could attain all its military objectives in Ukraine in three to five days.  Tensions between the West and Russia are already at “boiling point” after Putin’s regime was accused of stoking the unfolding migrant crisis between Belarus and Poland and even sent nuclear bombers into the area. East2WestThe Black Sea Fleet, which a source said would be used in the event of a war with Ukraine[/caption] PA:Press AssociationBritain has signed a deal to beef up Ukraine’s naval capabilities as tensions rise with Russia[/caption] We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun news desk? Email us at exclusive@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4104. You can WhatsApp us on 07423 720 250. We pay for videos too. Click here to upload yours. Click here to get The Sun newspaper delivered for FREE for the next six weeks.