Russian State TV Host Says West Will Be 'Reduced to Ashes' if War Is Lost
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Russian President Vladimir Putin poses with TV anchor Vladimir Solovyov during an awards ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow. - Moscow said on April 25, 2022 it had arrested members of a "neo-Nazi terrorist" group in Russia who allegedly planned to assassinate pro-Kremlin TV anchor Vladimir Solovyov on orders from Ukraine. Solovyov justified nuclear bombs being used on Western targets.
A Russian state TV host has said the West will be "reduced to Ashes" in a nuclear war should the country find itself losing the conflict in Ukraine.
Rossiya 1 TV host Vladimir Solovyov declared Russia was in a "holy war" against Ukraine and the West as he critized U.S. President Joe Biden and other world leaders.
Solovyov said: "We live in latter days. What's happening in Ukraine won't stay in Ukraine. A holy war is underway. We're fighting for the right of mankind to live in its original state, as designed by the Creator.
"Those fools who are trying to fight they aren't fighting against us, they're at war with God. In case of their victory, their end is certain.
"When I say that either we win, or the whole world will be reduced to ashes, this also has another meeting. How can humanity that fights against God continue to exist?"
The clip was shared by the Russian Media Monitor, which shares translations of comments made by Kremlin propagandists, on December 17.
Solovyov - who was heard coughing at times - praised Russia as a defender of Christendom, a claim made by supporters of Vladimir Putin who paint the West as degenerate.
Solovyov added: "Look at (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelensky's face. Look at Biden's face, an absolutely deceitful, nasty, scary no-good person.
"He isn't like Trump. Why was Trump out of favor? Because he is totally traditional, at least in some ways. Trump's traditional character provoked hatred.
"If you think about what's happening. It's Satanism. They're purely demonic, you can't put it any other way."
The Russian TV host, who has regularly pushed pro-Kremlin propaganda in the past, then justified the use of nuclear weapons against Western Europe and the U.S. by referencing the Biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Solovyov said: "When people are trying to tell me about whether nuclear weapons can be used or not, I will respond to that briefly and clearly, 'do you remember this part of Biblical history?' Sodom and Gomorrah?'"
According to the Bible, God destroyed the two thriving cities due to the evil and wickedness of their populations.
The two cities have been referenced numerous times in recent times by people who view modern nations as being decadent and moving against God's will.
Newsweek has contacted the Kremlin for comment.
Russian TV hosts have regularly made indirect threats to the West since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine earlier this year.
Earlier this month, Russian state TV hosts on Rossiya 1 joked about invading Western capitals including London and Lisbon.
In the clip, the group discussed a plan for Moscow to seize London, including its soccer clubs and pubs.
"If we reach Lviv, it will be ours. If we reach Lisbon and London, they will be ours," said one Kremlin propagandist.
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