Igor Korotchenko



Igor Yurievich Korotchenko (Russian И́горь Ю́рьевич Коро́тченко, born 15 February 1960 in Riga, Latvia, USSR) is a Russian journalist and military expert, editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine; founder and director of LLC "Center for Analysis of the World Arms Trade"; member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Defense of Russia since February 8, 2012, and colonel in the military reserve.

Quotes

 * We need to scale up our strikes against critical infrastructure in such a way that one region after the next, one district after another, Ukraine is plunged into darkness... By December, 20 million residents of Ukraine should flee to the West, to the European Union. This is our goal and the task we should accomplish.
 * "Team Putin Threatens Maniacal Response to Bitter War Losses", The Daily Beast, 15 September 2022


 * Russia doesn't want or desire war with the UK. But if British soldiers land in Ukraine and engage in combat against the Russian armed forces, we reserve the right to resort to any possible actions and we need to record officially in our doctrinal documentation that the participation of any Nato country's servicemen in the conflict against the Russian army in Ukraine, resistance using force on their part to the special military operation gives Russia the right to respond in any way, including preventive strikes.  There's no need for immediate nuclear strikes.  We have three systems carrying Kinzhal missiles.  So when Britain suddenly decides to make war with Russia, let us deliver three demonstrative strikes on London, not on civilian targets, but on the UK Ministry of Defense, where they make plans and are designing  war against Russia, against British military bases, where, among other things, US nuclear weapons are stored, and on other decision-making centers in London.  This is not a threat, this is  preventive right to self-defense which we must exercise without fail should Britain really decide to fight us.
 * "Russian-State TV Outlines 3 Targets for Strikes If U.K. Enters War", Newsweek, 22 August 2022


 * The only thing the West fears today is the possibility of Russia using its tactical nuclear weapons.
 * The West has to understand: if certain weapons exist, taboos and limitations on using them could be lifted in certain circumstances.
 * "Nuclear War 'Already a Given' Says Russian TV: 'Everyone Will Be Destroyed'", 23 September 2022