A Russian propagandist TV anchor has boasted how he collected a British "war trophy" on a fleeting visit to blitzed Mariupol.
Vladimir Solovyov showed what he said was a NLAW - new generation portable anti-tank weapon - to viewers.
The weapon is among the arms supplied by Britain to Ukrainian defenders.
Solovyov - known as “ Putin’s Voice” and wearing body armour - visited the war-ravaged city with the separatist leader of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, Denis Pushilin.
He was seen at the Ilyich metals plant from which a large group of fighters - including foreigners - surrendered last month.
Solovyov brought the captured NLAW weapon to Moscow and paraded it to his viewers.
“Here is this little toy. Here she is. Can you see well?
“This is a British NLAW. Here is the body of the British NLAW if anyone has doubts.
“It's written here. Here, the sights…
“Here was the gun sight [but it was taken by the defenders].”
Solovyov recently threatened to wipe “boorish” Britain off the map with Vladimir Putin ’s new new 'big beast' hypersonic 208-ton 15,880mph ’Satan-2’ intercontinental ballistic missile.
“As it turned out, one Sarmat means minus one Great Britain,” said pro-Putin TV anchor Vladimir Solovyov in a crude remark to viewers threatening to blow the UK to smithereens.
In another recent episode, a studio guest Karen Shakhnazarov, head of Mosfilm studios and a famous Russian movie director, warned of a chilling future after Putin's war, as he referred to the new pro-army ‘Z’ sign, likened by critics to a swastika.
“Enemies of the letter ‘Z’ should understand there will be no mercy for them,” he said.
“It’s serious.
“Concentration camps, re-education and sterilisation. This is all serious.”
Showing the TV anchorman around parts of Mariupol, Pushilin said:
“[We] talked to locals in the city streets.
“Despite his outfit, Vladimir Solovyov was recognised, he was asked for autographs, and was hugged.
“This is the first trip of Vladimir Solovyov to Donbas.
“I am convinced it's not the last one.”
Solovyov has been sanctioned by the West for his links to Putin.
Two holiday villas he owns in Italy were attacked by protesters.
