One of Vladimir Putin’s chief TV propagandists has threatened to destroy England with a giant rocket but not Scotland, Wales and the island of Ireland unharmed.
Vladimir Solovyov’s latest doomsday threats came as the chat show host showed viewers how much criticism the Kremlin is getting from Boris Johnson and other leading British figures.
The television anchorman has previously threatened to destroy Great Britain with one hypersonic Sarmat, known in the West as Satan-2, a 15,880mph intercontinental ballistic missile.
Solovyov, much-loved by Russian President Vladimir Putin, blasted the UK government, including the chief of the British Armed Forces Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, as “arrogant, ignorant, illiterate upstarts, who can’t do anything but steal.”
The Kremlin ally told Britons to "wake up" and also gave a blow to the British Museum in London, which has previously been accused of "exhibiting “pilfered cultural property”
He said the reason "you don’t have Egyptian pyramids in the British Museum is that you physically couldn’t steal them. You stole everything.”
He mocked Sir Tony, who had warned that Russia posed a threat for the next decade, despite having lost 50,000 troops to death or maiming in Ukraine.
“Admiral Tony Radakin…what are you the admiral of? What did you achieve? When did your British weapons beat anyone? Who did you beat, and where, Admiral?", he said.
Mr Solovyov said the government have completely lost their minds.
“And they are lecturing us, the country [we can destroy with] one Sarmat [rocket]", he basted.
Pundit Professor Andrei Sidorov, dean of the Faculty of World Politics at Moscow State University, corrected him saying it would take more than one Sarmat to destroy the UK.
“We won’t touch Scotland. Scotland will be independent," replied Solovyov.
He continued: “Wales has been quiet so far. Wales, too, will be independent. And at Biden’s demand, Northern Ireland will unite with Ireland. The Union Jack will be over."
Another leading propagandist Margarita Simonyan, head of pro-Putin RT television network, told him: “Look at this Liz Truss, look at Boris Johnson. Both of them are the personification of many years of British policy and the main feature for me is an amazing mixture of huge arrogance."
Both also mocked Johnson flying in an RAF Typhoon fighter jet.
“Putin looked natural in the plane. Boris Johnson is ridiculous,” said Solovyov.
The propagandists also took aim at Tory leadership election contender Penny Mordaunt, a former defence secretary, laughing and sneering at her as a possible prime minister.
Another Solovyov guest, political scientist Vladimir Kornilov, said: "This Mordaunt amazes me the most. She says that Ukrainian MPs supported her in the battle to be British PM.
“OK, the elections can be cancelled. Ukraine has decided who should be the prime minister.”
Solovyov then mentioned her agonising bellyflop on the Tom Daley celebrity diving show.
“That's all she's known for, nothing else,” said Kornilov.
Kornolov said she lasted 80 days as defence secretary.
“This shows that anyone can be the Defence Minister of Great Britain,” said Solovyov.
“She coped with her duties in the same way as she will now cope with the jump."
