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"They are our territory and our land".
08:56, Fri, Jul 3, 2026 Updated: 08:58, Fri, Jul 3, 2026
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia. (Image: Getty)
Vladimir Putin's state TV propagandists have called on Russia to invade nearby European areas as they are "our territory" and "our land".
Russian TV host Vladimir Solovyov, along with some of his guests, said that Russia should take back Finland, the Baltic states [Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania], and Poland, and stop "giving away territories". During the show, Dean of the School of World Politics Andrey Sidorov, who was one of the guests, said he never considered the Ukrainian regions of Galicia and Volhynia as "our territories" as "they were never ours".
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He was interrupted by Solovyov, who accused him of "trying to sell out our lands". Solovyov then added that some European countries were once part of Russia, and as Finland and Poland. He then added: "Should we take it back?"
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (Image: Getty)
Another guest, Member of Russia's Federation Council, Alexei Kondratiev, then said: "It's our territories, it's our land. Take the Baltics back as well, please. Return everything to the borders of 1917." He continued: "History did not teach us anything. We are in a state of civilizational war. Our grandfathers and fathers did not to Europe what it did to us."
Meanwhile, Russia's war on Ukraine reached a major milestone in that it has now been going on for longer than World War 1. The war has taken a toll on both Ukraine and Russia with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians dead and billions of pounds worth of buildings destroyed.
According to the Financial Times, each confirmed death of Russian soldier results in 14m ruble (£134,000) federal pay out. An estimated 352,000 Russian soldiers have been killed. As a result, that works out at a staggering 4,998,400,000,000 rubles, that’s four trillion.
Russian citizens are beginning to feel the impact of fuel shortages caused by those attacks on oil refineries. In areas such as Moscow and the occupied Crimea, petrol stations have introduced rationing, limited sales to as little as 20 litres per vehicle.
After a recent attack on a Russian oil refinery, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said: “We continue our operations that weaken Russia’s ability to wage this war.
“Each of our long-range sanctions means fewer resources serving Russia’s war machine, and another step toward peace. We will continue to respond to Russian terror. I thank our warriors for these results. I am grateful to everyone who helps us.”
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