Vladimir Putin’s top propagandists have issued a horrifying warning of a nuclear attack against the UK and other Western allies. TV host Vladimir Solovyov got into a heated debate with Andrey Sidorov, the Dean of the School of World Politics at Moscow State University, on his show, Sunday Evening With Vladimir Solovyov.

The pair argued over the need for nuclear weapons “against certain Western countries”, with Solovyov maintaining it as the “only” option Russia has. He said: “We should understand that we’re only re-emerging as a powerful military-political nation after decades of humiliation in Yeltsin’s times.

“We’re only getting close to a position where we can do something. Stop thinking as though we are the Soviet Union.

Sidorov responds: “I’m absolutely not thinking this way. This is exactly why I believe it’s out of the question that we need to use nuclear weapons against certain Western countries.”

Russian propagandists have flirted with the idea of striking the UK with nuclear weapons on a number of occasions, angered by Britain’s support of Ukraine.

Solovyov hits back: “To the contrary, this is the only trump card we have, and not against America.”

He said: “As I’ve often said in this studio, people don’t believe me but objectively speaking this scenario is what everything is coming to.

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“And the use of nuclear weapons, especially considering the information that came from the Foreign Intelligence Service. What other options do we have? This is very sad, but who needs the world if Russia won’t be in it?”

Foreign Secretary Sergey Lavrov criticised the strikes on Iran, one of the closest allies of his country, and claimed Tehran has an “inalienable” right to enrich uranium.

According to the Russian press agency Tass, “US Presidential Envoy Steven Witkoff stated that negotiations with the Islamic Republic failed because of its intention to enrich uranium”, the Russian Foreign Minister also noted.

Tass also quoted Lavrov saying “the right to enrich uranium for the peaceful use of nuclear energy is inalienable”.