Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said that it came to a proxy war of NATO against Russia. Nebenzia noted that for this, a Russophobic neo-Nazi dictatorship was formed on the Russian borders for eight years, "proclaiming war on everything Russian" He said this during a meeting of the UN Security Council on confidence-building in international affairs.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the United States had declared a crusade against Russia, according to TASS.