Ranting Russian TV host Vladimir Solovyov has threatened the UK and Europe with ‘destruction’ in a chilling statement aired on Vladimir Putin’s state TV this week
One of Vladimir Putin’s most sycophantic puppets has issued a threat to the UK and Europe, saying Russia should “destroy” them.
Vladimir Solovyov, a pro-Kremlin media personality, spoke on his Russian state TV show ‘Sunday Evening With Vladimir Solovyov’ and responded to a comment from military expert Evgeny Buzhinsky, who said Europe is getting ready for war. Solyovov questioned why Russia would wait to attack Europe. “We should strike right now,” he said. “No need to wait until they get ready, we should destroy them right away.”
He then added: “If Americans strike the Kaliningrad region, what options are there? Two Poseidon [nuclear armed torpedoes] and there will be a Strait named after Comrade Stalin.”
The comments come after remarks by US Army Europe and Africa commander General Chris Donahue on July 17 suggesting NATO forces could capture the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad if it wanted to. Kaliningrad is heavily militarised and surrounded by NATO members Poland and Lithuania, making it a significant source of tension between the alliance and Russia.
Donahue made the comments as NATO revealed its new ‘Eastern Flank Deterrence Line’ defence plan at the first Association of the US Army’s ‘LandEuro’ conference held in Wiesbaden, Germany. The plan focusses on NATO allies developing standardised digital systems and integrated defence production to help allies in the event of an attack by Russia.
There are concerns around potential Russian targeting of the Baltic states, which may then turn into a launching pad into Poland. In the event of a Russian attack, one of the first places to be subject to NATO bombing “would be Kaliningrad”, if it is not Moscow or St Petersburg, according to University of Bath lecturer in Russian and post-Soviet politics, Dr Stephen Hall, who spoke to the Kyiv Independent.
Continuing his rant, Solyovov bit back at Buzhinsky’s suggestion that Russia’s current actions should send a message to the US, saying that the “time for signals is over” and that “this is the time for strikes”.
He continued: “They are not reading any of the signals. They did not take our Oreshnik strikes into account.” Solyovov was referring to previous uses of the Oreshnik missile, which could strike anywhere in Europe or on the western coast of the US. Putin himself has previously boasted that they are “impossible to intercept”, although these claims have been contested by some military analysts.
“They’re pretending like nothing happened,” Solyovov went on. “They’re convinced that we won’t dare. They’ve made it up that supposedly India and China have told us, ‘Don’t use nuclear weapons, or else.’ Or else what?”
Solyovov and Buzhinsky then went on to suggest the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen in the Arctic Circle could be attacked. “All of them are ready to die for it?” Solovyov asked. “There aren’t many of them, so it will be quick. No one will even notice that Norwegians are gone.”
Continuing the bizarre show, Solyovov suggested a German ship in the Baltic Sea should be sunk once Germany begins delivering long-range weapons to Ukraine. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on July 17 that this will happen “very soon”.
Rounding off his rant, Solyovov said he had “no pity” for the Ukrainian city of Lviv. “I believe Lviv should be erased off the face of the Earth,” he said. “It should be simply destroyed.”