Russian State TV Host Says Moscow to 'Spare No Missiles' Ahead of Midterms

Russia's state TV host Olga Skabeeva has warned that the country will continue to rain down missiles on Ukraine despite objections from the West.

She and other guests on the the Kremlin-backed show reflected on the upcoming U.S midterm elections and suggested that the rhetoric surrounding the war from the West will intensify in the run-up.

They also watched footage of Ukrainians fleeing ahead of a Russian attack, and they insisted that Russia was being forced to retaliate.

The clip, posted by the Daily Beast's Julia Davis has also gone viral and been viewed more than 100,000 times since being posted on Monday.

"Meanwhile on Russian State TV: Strikes against Ukraine are being framed in context of "retaliation" for its strikes in Belgorod, as though poor 'tormented' Russia is simply defending itself," she wrote as a caption.

"State TV host says Russia will spare no missiles or drones in the run-up to the U.S. midterms."

Dmitry Abzalov, the director of the Center for Strategic Communications, then claimed that there are many candidates who will focus on foreign policy and Russia in the run-up to the crucial U.S. elections.

"The situation will keep intensifying over the next several weeks due to elections," he said. "The economic situation in the U.S. is also difficult, they're fighting for the Senate.

"As we have been saying for the last 6 months, in the lower house of [Congress] it's already decided, the Senate is where the main fight will take place.

"There are certain people from certain districts for whom foreign policy successes are crucial. They will keep moving this agenda forward until November 8th. It's very important and we should understand that the horizon of this escalation is November 8th.

"These things affect the intensity of what is happening. They'll be throwing in masses of people, just to stick their flag into anything. In other words, there is only one conclusion."

Skabeeva then added: "We will spare no Kalibr [missiles] in the near future, in the following weeks leading up to the U.S. midterms, [nor will we spare] Geran-2 [drones].

Some experts have suggested that Russia is planning to use the midterm elections as an opportunity to cause issues in the U.S.

The U.S.'s expensive support for Ukraine, as Americans battle soaring inflation and a recession, could give the Kremlin a chance to spread division in the nation.

"Anything Putin can do to sow doubt in Americans' minds about the moral necessity, economic cost and practical impact of our support for Ukraine's sovereignty, he surely will attempt," Stephen Hanson, vice provost for academic and international affairs at Virginia's College of William & Mary, previously told Newsweek.

Ken Osgood, a humanities professor at Colorado School of Mines, came to a similar conclusion when he spoke to Newsweek in June.

"They can exploit a number of existing realities. One of those realities is the economic toll that the war is taking on the United States, especially as we see in inflation and gas prices. That creates an enormous political vulnerability, a political opportunity."

Newsweek has contacted Russia's ministry of foreign affairs for comment.