Governor Vladimir Solovyov said Russia should refrain from striking Northern Ireland with the country’s Satan-2 missile, arguing there will soon be a united Ireland at the “demand” of US President Biden. In May, Mr Solovyov – a presenter on the state-run Russia-1 channel – boasted that Russia’s nuclear arsenal of Sarmat hypersonic missiles could destroy the UK in seconds, saying: “One Sarmat means minus one Great Britain”. In his latest remarks, the presenter said that only England would face the wrath of the 15,880mph intercontinental ballistic missile after questioning whether it would take just one warhead to destroy the UK. “We will not touch Scotland. Scotland will be independent,” Solovyov replied. “Wales have been quiet so far. Wales will also be independent. And at Biden’s insistence, Northern Ireland will join Ireland. “The Union Jack will end.” Decorated personally by Vladimir Putin, Solovyov accused the UK government and the head of the British armed forces, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, of being “arrogant, ignorant, illiterate novices who can do nothing but steal”. “Listen Britons, wake up. The only reason you don’t have Egyptian pyramids in the British Museum is because of course you couldn’t steal them. “You stole everything. “Admiral Tony Radakin, what are you Admiral? What did you achieve? When did your British guns defeat anyone? “Who did you hit and where, Admiral? They have completely lost their minds. And they lecture us, the country [we can destroy with] a Sarmat.” The latest outburst comes amid a series of threats against the UK and Ireland aired on Russian state television in the months since the country invaded Ukraine. In April, Russian state television showed a simulated nuclear attack destroying Ireland and the United Kingdom. At the time, Taoiseach Micheal Martin condemned the directing, calling the act “intimidating” and called on Russian TV or “whoever instigated it” to apologise.
