Slutsky: the clash between Russia and NATO could end in nuclear war. Earlier, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said that Ukraine's defeat in the conflict threatens a military clash with Russia.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called the Pentagon’s statement insane. The head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, presidential candidate from the LDPR and party leader Leonid Slutsky. He called Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin's statement manipulation on the verge of adequacy.