Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov, a key ally of Vladimir Putin, has called for Russia to spark "as many wars as possible" in Europe to fracture the continent, according to a broadcast translated by Russian Media Monitor.
Speaking on his radio show "Full Contact," Solovyov argued that Moscow must abandon non-interference policies and actively work to break up European unity, aiming to create a fragmented landscape of small, weakened states stretching to the Atlantic Ocean.
Solovyov's blueprint for a fragmented Europe
Solovyov insisted that a united Europe poses an inherent threat to Moscow's geopolitical standing and called for direct action to destabilise the bloc. "Do we need a united Europe? No. We don't need a united Europe, because nothing good ever came to us out of a united Europe," he claimed. "We are interested solely in the kind of Europe that is made up of nation states. The smaller these nation states are, the better."
He urged the Kremlin to deploy all tools available, from soft power to direct military intervention, to block European integration efforts. "Our goal is that within Europe there would be as many wars and problems as possible," he declared.
Expansion plans beyond Ukraine
While acknowledging immediate Russian objectives in Ukraine, including pushing across the Dnipro River toward Transnistria to strip Ukraine of its geopolitical value, Solovyov warned that Moscow's ambitions will not end there. He outlined plans to forge a land corridor through to the Kaliningrad exclave and establish heavily controlled "buffer zones" across the Baltics.
Over 15 to 20 years, he envisioned turning the Baltic Sea into an "internal Russian sea," ultimately aiming to fragment Western Europe into "disjointed, weakened states" stretching to the Atlantic Ocean. According to Solovyov, any military clash involving a European-led defence alliance, a scenario he dubbed "NATO 3.0" without US involvement, would represent the "most convenient" conflict for Moscow.
Nuclear strike weather discussion
The broadcast took a darker turn when Solovyov described Russia as a "breathing empire" in a phase of inevitable territorial expansion. He argued that Moscow must build a massive Eurasia-wide military-political alliance with China, North Korea and Belarus to counter the West.
In a concluding segment, Solovyov turned to state weather presenter Evgeny Tishkovets to discuss atmospheric conditions for potential nuclear strikes. Tishkovets casually remarked that current wind patterns over Western Europe were "conducive to carrying out nuclear strikes" through the end of the week, suggesting that any nuclear actions should be timed before the wind direction shifted.
