​Volodymyr Solovyov, who is considered a favorite propagandist of President Vladimir Putin, calls for the creation of an international coalition to send volunteers to Ukraine, naming Nicaragua, Venezuela and Cuba among the countries loyal to Russia.

“I also consider it necessary that we create an international coalition,” says Volodymyr Solovyov, adding that “I don’t understand why the Americans, even if they will fight against Grenada, always hide the international coalition.”

It is not clear what the Russian TV presenter means by the example of Grenada, since he probably made a sarcastic comment about the international coalitions that entered Afghanistan and Iraq together with American troops.

“Why do we deny ourselves this pleasure? In Syria, there are units well trained by us, there are people in Africa who support us, there is Venezuela, there is Nicaragua, there is Cuba, there is Iran and North Korea,” said Solovyov.

“If volunteers from all over the world are going to fight in units of the DPR (the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic), then why don’t we give them the opportunity to create and organize an international unit?” he asks his guests.

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Volodymyr Solovyov insists on an “international coalition” against Ukraine

Without waiting for an answer, he mentions that “this practice has existed since the war against fascism in Spain, when the International Brigades first faced Nazi Germany, fighting on the side of Franco.

“I don’t see why we should give it up. Why should we stop people who want to pick up a gun and walk away [la război împotriva Ucrainei]? Why should we stop our Serbian brothers? Some of them are already fighting in RPD units,” he concludes.

Soloviev’s reference to the Spanish Civil War, in which Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin sent units and equipment to troops fighting the Nationalists, is rather strange, given that he recently accused the Spanish of sending anti-Bolshevik volunteers to fight alongside the Germans in the war against the USSR in 1941.

Even though Venezuela has sided with Russia in its conflict with Ukraine, President Nicolas Maduro announced Thursday that his country is ready to supply oil and natural gas to the world economy in the context of the energy crisis caused in Europe by Russia’s cutoff. gas supplies.

Iran is also preparing to replace Russia in European oil markets if sanctions against Tehran are lifted as a result of Iran’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal.

There is also evidence that, despite declarations of friendship and cooperation with Russia, the Iranian government sold weapons to Ukraine.

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