A close associate of Vladimir Putin has stoked World War 3 fears by ominously claiming that two NATO capital cities “will also be ours”.
Vladimir Solovyov, a mouthpiece for Putin, made the alarming statement on his TV programme, Evening with Vladimir Solovyov. He asserted that not only is Kyiv Russian territory but so too are Warsaw in Poland and Helsinki in Finland.
He said: “Kyiv is the mother of Russian cities. Take the old lady back to her Motherland. The Ukronazis came here… I think that in another five minutes, Warsaw and Helsinki will also be ours, Russian. And historically, it’s all true.”
Solovyov also slammed the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken after he visited Ukraine in a show of support.
Putin’s mouthpiece added: “Also, most importantly, [Blinken] brought weapons, but he said: ‘It’s not allowed to hit Russian territory.’ And what territory do you hit, you idiots? It’s all Russia.”
During the press conference, when questioned if America was contemplating easing its ban on Ukraine using US weapons on Russia, Blinken said the US had not “encouraged” Ukraine to strike inside Russia.
He said: “We have not encouraged or enabled strikes outside of Ukraine, but ultimately Ukraine has to make decisions for itself about how it’s going to conduct this war, a war it’s conducting in defence of its freedom, of its sovereignty, of its territorial integrity.”
“And we will continue to back Ukraine with the equipment that it needs to succeed, that it needs to win.”