'I've bought a £29,000 nuclear bunker after Vladimir Putin's chilling threat to the UK'

Another atomic bunker has sold for a luck successful the UK arsenic Brits effort to header with fears surrounding Vladimir Putin - the warfare lord precocious made threats to the West

A disquieted Brit has bought a atomic bunker for a staggering £29,000 arsenic threats equine from Russia.

The shelter, which was primitively built successful the 1950s, was snapped up for £9,000 much than the usher terms aft it went connected auction connected Thursday.

It comes aft the auctioneer said it "attracted immense amounts of attention". The bunker, located successful New Road, Badsworth, has been revealed arsenic the 4th shelter that has been sold this year.

Andrew Parker, auctioneer and spouse astatine SDL Property Auctions, said: "This is the 4th nuclear bunker we person sold astatine auction and not amazingly they person each attracted immense amounts of interest.

"There are not that galore relics inactive astir that epitomise the menace and paranoia of the Cold War epoch successful the mode a nuclear bunker can, and this 1 had besides been beautifully restored, which makes it adjacent much unusual. As auctioneers, it is fantastic to beryllium capable to assistance sphere and walk connected a portion of history, adjacent if it is 1 that harks backmost to a precise acheronian epoch of sustained atomic threat."

The restored determination has adjacent featured connected TV, appearing connected Channel 4's, George Clarke's Amazing Spaces. It was 1 of astir 1,500 specified bunkers to support Brits harmless that were built crossed the country, arsenic reported connected Luxury Property News.

Known arsenic a Royal Observer post, the shelters were designed to location 3 observers who would study connected the interaction of atomic fallout. The bunkers had capable food and h2o to past fourteen days, with occupants having entree to a landline and vigor communications.

In 1993, astir of the sites were decommissioned and sold disconnected with telecom companies purchasing a ample sum of the locations. The latest popularity successful bunkers seems to coincide with fears implicit Vladimir Putin.

The Russian president warned helium could deed backmost against countries who connection weapons to Ukraine. He said: "We judge that we person the close to usage our weapons against subject facilities of the countries that let to usage their weapons against our facilities. And successful lawsuit of escalation of assertive actions, we volition respond resolutely successful a reflector way."

The Russian ambassador told Sky News that Britain has dragged itself into the struggle with Ukraine. Andrei Kelin said: "Absolutely, Britain and UK is present straight progressive successful this war, due to the fact that this firing cannot hap without NATO staff, British unit arsenic well."

Putin added: "The US administration, enactment by France and the UK, has made a deliberate determination to marque these strikes, which earnestly escalates the situation, and it tin bring a collision betwixt the atomic powers."