Vladimir Putin propagandist hints at more invasions as NATO country 'braces for attack'
Sergey Mardan says Russian President will not be satisfied with the conquest of Kyiv
Vladimir Putin's key propagandist has hinted that Russia could invade more countries after Ukraine.
Sergey Mardan is a popular television and radio host in Russia who regularly appears on prime-time TV.
The ultranationalist is a staunch supporter of the Russian President's war in Ukraine and a firm believer in restoring the country's empire.
In a recent appearance, the Kremlin stooge gave the clearest indication that his boss will not be satisfied with the conquest of Ukraine.
"We are a country that has been defeated in a great and long confrontation - the Cold War," he told his audience in a recent TV appearance.
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He continued: "And we need to stop lying to ourselves and constantly look for excuses. We lost a third of our country. It is a defeat.
"But we will take back, if not everything we lost, what is valuable to us."
There are growing fears that if Russia succeeds in in Ukraine, Putin will next turn his attention to the Baltic States of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.
Earlier this year, Estonia's foreign minister Margus Tsahkna predicted that Putin would test NATO's resolve within the next three to four years.
Recent satellite photos show the Russian army is building up its forces at a military base in Luga, just 120km (75miles) from the Estonian border.
“We must understand the Russian war machine has started in the full scale, the capabilities for production and the mentality as well, because Putin is controlling now everything,” he said.
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Three years ago, Putin described the collapse of the Soviet Union as the "disintegration of historical Russia".
"We turned into a completely different country. And what had been built up over 1,000 years was largely lost," he said.
The Baltics have historically been of particular interest to the Kremlin over the course of centuries, where large minorities of Russians still live today.
Since Ivan IV, the ambition to reach the strategically vital coast of the Baltic Sea was a key military and political goal for Russia's leaders.
It was Peter the Great who first colonised the area in the 18th century as Russia established itself as a major naval force.
After a brief period of independence following the 1917 Russian Revolution, the Baltics were incorporated into the Soviet Union until its demise in the early 1990s.
