Britain’s rhetorical war, Zelensky’s UN crashout, deep state media exposed: RT stories that shaped the week

This week, RT also looked at two dramatically different elections in Russia and Germany, and a suspicious Ukrainian corruption case Britain turns up the war rhetoric Anyone paying the slightest attention to the news this week could be convinced that the UK is preparing for a direct and imminent war with Russia. Retired generals are telling the public to get “psychologically prepared” for conflict; Labour Party thought leaders are suggesting that dissidents and Russia sympathizers be “locked up;” and former Brexit Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg is openly telling British men and women that they “may have to die” – right after calling the English a “mongrel race” with no historic claim to their own homeland. Meanwhile, Sky News premiered the first episode of ‘The Wargame’ on Monday – a bizarre reality show in which real politicians and military chiefs game out a hypothetical Russian invasion for the cameras. With the threat from Russia rising in the real world, a new series from Sky brings together former ministers and military chiefs to test what might happen if the UK faced an attack. Watch the new TV Show 'Wargame' on Sky and NOW from 21 September pic.twitter.com/b9RcuqLHwF — Sky News (@SkyNews) September 19, 2026 “Britain’s elites,” RT columnist Tarik Cyril Amar concluded , “want you ready to die for a war they keep imagining.” Talking heads on the continent were equally hysterical, with Spain’s El Mundo claiming that Russia could launch drones at France, Italy, or Spain from ships in the Mediterranean. The fact that the report cited Lithuania’s fanatically anti-Russian government – which in turn cited the CIA – should have been the first sign something was amiss. Read more Italy and France debunk reports CIA issued ‘Russian drone threat’ warning It took Finnish President Alexander Stubb to step in as the voice of reason, stating on Wednesday that there is “no imminent military threat right now” from Russia.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto followed suit on Thursday, with Crosetto declaring that El Mundo’s story “serves no one” and only adds “fuel on the fire.” President Vladimir Putin has stressed that Russia has no interest in war with NATO. The UK’s escalation remains rhetorical for now: The British military is in no way prepared to wage war, and nobody in London has ordered extra forces to Eastern Europe. If war were to break out, however, it’s not clear whether the UK could count on the US to join in. As RT explored on the weekend, Europe takes on all the risks and costs of fighting Russia under NATO’s new ‘NATO 3.0’ doctrine. UN-diplomatic behavior For Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, this week’s UN General Assembly was an opportunity to demand more from his Western backers: more money, more weapons, and more sanctions on Russia. Asked whether he’d travel to Moscow for peace talks, however, Zelensky said he’d only visit the Russian capital “on a f**king missile.” Zelensky DOES answer reporters asking when he’ll be heading to Moscow for talks He COMPLETELY loses his temper as he walks away: 'On a f*cking missile' https://t.co/poqL8qA9Ff pic.twitter.com/f01pupjrnG — RTRussia (@RT_Russia_) September 23, 2026 In what’s become a familiar pattern, Ukrainian forces hammered Moscow with waves of attack drones on Sunday morning, before Zelensky arrived in New York to plead for a ceasefire ahead of Russia’s inevitable retaliation. Backed by 51 of its allies, Kiev demanded an “immediate and unconditional ceasefire,” which Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov promptly refused . “We are not going to have a pause in our speci