 Kremlin Propagandist Russia can destroy the U.S. in one hour. Russia would be able to destroy the U.S. in one hour, a prominent Kremlin propagandist has said, in the latest Bellicose threat, from the country's state-controlled media as the war in Ukraine rages on, according to Newsweek. We are the only country in the world that can destroy the United States in one hour. Margarita Simonian, the editor of the Russian state-backed broadcaster RT, said, Russian state television frequently broadcasts inflammatory content and has repeatedly alluded to a nuclear confrontation with the U.S., a key ally of Ukraine in its war against Ukraine, Newsweek says. Relations between Washington and Moscow have been strained throughout the nearly two years of war with few prospects for an end to the conflict or a reproachment. The U.S. and other countries providing arms to Ukraine have been concerned by the possibility of escalating the war in Eastern Europe and the often irate reaction from Moscow to new military aid pledges. In the fall of 2022, shortly after Russia annexed the Denechsk, Kursan, Luhansk and Zaporizhia regions of southern and eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin said the territories fell under Moscow's nuclear arsenal. State TV host Vladimir Solovyov, one of the most well-known figures in Kremlin-backed media, said earlier this month that Russia should strike the headquarters of NATO, which has supported Ukraine's war effort. Such a move would spark a far wider war.