https://www.newsweek.com/nuclear-war-unavoidable-putin-ally-solovyov-1844665
A Russian propagandist with close ties to Vladimir Putin has warned nuclear war is “unavoidable” but that it won't lead to the collapse of humanity by citing previous nuclear blasts.
In a recent debate on state TV, Rossiya-1 host Vladimir Solovyov justified his view by saying that a nuclear strike would not lead to widespread death and destruction if “used against a non-nuclear nation”—perhaps a foreboding hint at the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, which has turned into a slow, attritional war with over 300,000 Russian casualties.
Newsweek reached out to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs via email for comment on Friday.
The use of nuclear arms is something the Russian president has previously threatened, sparking outrage from NATO, but has yet to act on given the nuclear arsenal held by members of the alliance, including the United States.
However, the threat of nuclear attacks by Russia is something propagandists have increasingly been mentioning as the military situation in Ukraine grows more dire.
According to a translation by the Daily Beast's Russia Media Monitor unit, published on Thursday, Solovyov told panelists nuclear war was “unavoidable,” adding: “It will happen, no doubt about it.”