A host of Russia state television pointed out we're 'all going to die someday' while discussing the possibility of nuclear war.
Journalist Margarita Simonyan made the comment while speaking on The Evening With Vladimir Solovyov show on Tuesday (26 April), when the hosts spoke about the potential of a war which spread beyond Ukraine.
The discussion comes amid claims from Russian media that World War III is imminent if, as the state media claims, the West continues its war against the Kremlin.
Host Vladimir Solovyov criticised the actions of Western leaders amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which began in February, saying: "If they decide to support Ukraine—even though [Russia’s Foreign Minister] Sergey Lavrov told them that this could lead to WWIII—nothing will stop them. They’ve decided to play it big... These are the b******s with no morals."
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Sharing her opinions, Simonyan expressed belief the 'most realistic' outcome is 'the way of World War III'.
"Based on knowing us and our leader, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, knowing how everything works around here, it’s impossible—there is no chance—that we will give up," she said.
The journalist, who is the head of Russian television network RT, went on to say 'that everything will end with a nuclear strike, to me, is more probable than the other outcome.'
"This is to my horror, on one hand, but on the other hand, with the understanding that it is what it is,” she said.
Solovyov acknowledged nuclear war would lead to tragedy as he said, “But we will go to heaven, while they will simply croak," to which Simonyan responded: “We’re all going to die someday.”
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Later in the show, Solovyov questioned what was 'preventing' Russia from 'striking the territory of the United Kingdom, targeting those logistical centres where these arms are being loaded'. Instead, though, Andrey Sidorov, deputy dean of world politics at Moscow State University, argued Russia should target the United States.
He commented: “If we decide to strike the UK, we should rather decide to strike the United States… Final decisions are being made not in London, but in Washington. If we want to hit the real centre of the West, then we need to strike Washington.”
Joining the hosts on the show was also Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, who didn't hesitate to claim the West would 'go as far as they're allowed' to go in the war.
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"If they aren’t stopped, they will go all the way," she claimed.
Russian president Vladimir Putin warned against intervention in the war on Wednesday (27 April), saying his country has 'all the tools no-one can boast of' and that it would 'use them if necessary'.
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