Head of dissolved party urges St. Petersburg legislature to petition Putin for nuclear strike on Ukraine — then has his microphone cut off Viktor Perov, a member of the dissolved Social Protection Party, urged St. Petersburg’s Legislative Assembly to petition Vladimir Putin for a nuclear strike on Ukraine. He claimed this would force Ukraine’s leadership to sign a peace agreement and end the conflict, which he attributed to a “criminal regime of Zelensky” attacking Russia. Perov’s microphone was cut off before he could finish his remarks.

• Viktor Perov urged St. Petersburg’s Legislative Assembly to petition Vladimir Putin for a nuclear strike on Ukraine.
• Perov believes nuclear weapons should be used against “supporters of Bandera and Shukhevych” to force a peace agreement.
• He blamed Ukraine’s leadership and the EU for attacking Russia and establishing a “neo-Nazi regime.”
• Perov’s microphone was cut off before he could complete his statement.
• The Social Protection Party, founded in 2012, was dissolved by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on June 3.
• Perov had previously been a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the Communists of Russia party.