Dmitry Kiselyov, the deputy director of the company behind the state-controlled Rossiya 1 channel, was spotted at the five-star Jumeirah Al Qasr hotel wearing light Fuschia swim shorts while enjoying a drink at the bar of the swimming pool

Vladimir Putin’s chief propagandist was seen enjoying cocktails at a five-star hotel in Dubai as his calls to sink the UK and Ireland in a nuclear tidal wave continue to outrage the ‘West.

Dmitry Kiselyov, the deputy director of the company behind the state-controlled Rossiya 1 channel, was spotted at the Jumeirah Al Qasr hotel this week in light Fuschia swim shorts sipping a drink at the bar in the pool.

He is on vacation with his eighth wife Maria in the United Arab Emirates – where he is currently unsanctioned – and a popular destination for wealthy Russians.

Kiselyov, 68, has not visited Ukraine unlike other Russian TV personalities such as Vladimir Solovyov, who showed his viewers an anti-tank weapon.

Kiselyov’s image was shared on social media with the caption: “Kiselyov continues to prepare for a nuclear strike while resting in Dubai.”

“The propaganda chief doesn’t seem to be rushing to Mariupol to follow Soloviev.”

Before leaving for his luxury vacation, Kiselyov demanded that the British Isles be flooded twice with Putin’s most advanced nuclear weapons.

He proposed the use of the new Russian hypersonic big beast Satan-2, officially named Sarmat, which he said would wipe England off the map.

Next, Russia is expected to plunge Britain “into the depths of the sea” with its “Poseidon underwater robotic drone” causing a 1,640ft tsunami.

Kiselyov has threatened Britain in revenge for a comment Boris Johnson never made about hitting Russia with a nuclear attack.

Downing Street dismissed the claim – widely echoed in Russian state media – as “another example of disinformation being peddled by the Kremlin”, but it continues to be trumpeted in Moscow.

Kiselyov said: “The island is so small that one Sarmat missile is enough to drown it once and for all.

“The Russian Sarmat missile [aka Satan-2]the most powerful in the world… is capable of… destroying an area the size of Texas or England.

“One launch, Boris, and there’s no more England. Once for all.”

He continued: “Another option for plunging Britain into the depths of the sea is the Russian underwater robotic drone Poseidon.

“It approaches the target at a depth of one kilometer at the speed of 200 kilometers per hour [125mph].

“There is NO way to stop this underwater drone. It has a warhead with a capacity of up to 100 megatons.

“The explosion of this thermonuclear torpedo near the British coast will raise a giant wave, a tsunami, up to 500 meters [1,640ft] high.

“This tidal wave also carries extremely high doses of radiation.

“Rising above Britain, it will turn what is probably left of it into a radioactive wasteland. Definitely unusable for anything.

It sparked outrage in Ireland which would also be affected by such an attack on Britain.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin condemned Kiselyov’s “very sinister” clip and called on his channel to apologize.

The Fianna Fáil leader said: “I don’t think it will intimidate anyone. I think it reflects a worrying and out of touch state of mind.

“I think there should be an apology for this, but the most fundamental point in my opinion is that Russia should cease hostilities in Ukraine.

“The degree of bombardment and destruction of towns and cities and human carnage that has taken place is absolutely without any justification.

“This is an immoral war that should end and humanitarian corridors should be provided consistently for those trapped in Mariupol and other places.”