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Russian state TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov has said that Russia could destroy the United States with nuclear strikes ahead of President Donald Trump‘s meeting with Vladimir Putin.
Solovyov was responding Trump’s threat of consequences if Putin does not agree to end the war in Ukraine at their meeting in Alaska on Friday.
“The only thing that the West understands is strength,” Solovyov said on his show Full Contact on Thursday, according to a translation from Russian Media Monitor.
“We can destroy all of them with nuclear weapons, let them think about it during our commercial break.”
He added: “No one has the right to impose their will upon the president of the Russian Federation, who is elected by the Russian people. He represents the interests and aspirations of the Russian people.
“When Trump suddenly starts to act as though he can give us directives and is threatening us, we can actually destroy America… America can destroy us as well, but we can do it faster and more effectively.”
AP
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