REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, A Russian politician urged Vladimir Putin to drop a nuclear bomb on Istanbul as revenge for Turkey shooting down a jet bomber.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky called for the extermination of nine million by annihilating the Turkish city during a radio interview.

"A nuclear attack can destroy Istanbul very easily. Just one nuclear bomb in the Istanbul Strait will wash the city away," he told Moscow Speaking Radio, as quoted from Mirror.co.uk, Friday (27/11).

Zhirinovsky's chilling words come as Turkish president Recep Erdogan warned Putin not to "play with fire".

Fears are now growing the world is on the cusp on another world war.

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