A Vladimir Putin propagandist has brazenly urged Russia to launch its devastating hypersonic missiles in an act of "serious big war".
TV anchorman Vladimir Solovyov was outraged at the push from Volodymyr Zelensky, backed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to brand Russia a state sponsor of terrorism after its actions in Ukraine.
"This is the path to a big war. Serious big war," Solovyov said. "What do we have to lose then? So why don't we use Sarmats, Poseidons?"
Branded "unstoppable" by President Putin, Russia's Sarmat missiles are known as 'Satan-2' and are set to come into use later this year after reports of their mass production.
The explosives can travel a reported 15,880mph and weigh around 208 tonnes, while their Poseidon torpedos are capable of 125mph underwater attack.
Solovyov called for diplomatic relations to be cut with any country that called Russia a sponsor of state terrorism.
On his state TV channel, he said: "There will be an immediate rupture of diplomatic relations and at the same time sanctions against countries that are trying to trade with us."
This should include a “crazy price for oil and gas” yet Germany was already “dying of cold”.
Much of Europe remains reliant on Russian oil and gas, in particular Germany.
Estimates from before the war in Ukraine put German consumption of Russian gas at around 32 per cent, with current intake believed to be around 20 per cent of its normal level.
Enthusiasts have continued to back the barbaric invasion into Ukraine.
Editor-in-chief of Russia’s National Defence magazine, reserve colonel Igor Korotchenko said the plans for Ukraine were "absolutely healthy."
“It was said here that Russia is trying to wipe Ukraine off the geopolitical map of the world,” he said. "It isn’t quite that. We are wiping an anti-Russia project off the geopolitical map of the world."
With millions displaced and thousands killed, including a huge number of Russia's own troops, the country has branded its invasion as a "special operation".
Russians who believe state TV considers the war in Ukraine to be an 'anti-Nazi' operation quashing a threat on the border of the country.
Opposition to the war is increasingly suppressed with harsh laws for people who speak out. Publishing "false information" about the war can land people with anything from fines up to 15 years in jail.
Information online is increasingly controlled and most Russians get their information from state TV which is strictly controlled and in favour of the Kremlin.
