THE EU is ready to order all of its citizens to prepare survival kits with 72-hours worth of supplies in the face of a looming WW3 threat.
And it comes as Nato chief Mark Rutte warned Russia it faces a “devastating” revenge strike if they attack any part of Europe.
European Union bureaucrats are pushing for every household in the 27-nation bloc to prepare the kit for war and natural disasters.
It is expected that will be part of a union’s broader “preparedness strategy” amid the threat from Russia.
Key items they will ask the bloc’s 450 million citizens to gather includes water, energy bars and a flashlight.
And meanwhile, Nato boss Rutte issued one of his strongest rebukes to Putin yet as he vowed a “fierce” response to any attack on Europe.
Speaking in Warsaw, Poland, the ex-Dutch Prime Minister warned of any settlement to end the war in Ukraine that would be “favourable” to Putin.
He said: “[Eastern Europe] fear such an outcome would allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to rebuild his country’s forces and threaten other countries in the region in the coming year.”
Rutte went on: “If anyone were to miscalculate and think they can get away with an attack on Poland or on any other ally, they will be met with the full force of this fierce alliance.
“Our reaction will be devastating.
“This has to be very clear to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and anyone else who wants to attack us.”
Rutte’s comments come as Europe has been put on notice by the White House – with new US President Donald Trump determined to find a quick end to the war in Ukraine and putting Europe on notice.
Trump is calling on Britain and the EU to up their military spending so they no longer have to “rely” on the US for protection.
Elsewhere, in a chilling show of force, the Kremlin fired the cruise missiles from its Ufa attack sub in the Sea of Japan.
Russian state media boasted claims that the missiles hit a land target over 620 miles away in the Khabarovsk region, as well as a naval target.
And after the agreement yesterday of a ceasefire in the Black Sea, both Russia and Ukraine accused the other of breaching the deal.
President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of “manipulations and threats” and warning: “We don’t believe them. The world really doesn’t believe Russia.”
Zelensky added: “Unfortunately, even now, even today, on the very day of negotiations, we see how the Russians have already begun to manipulate.
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