“NATO is not a community for promoting democracy or developing economic relations, it is a military-political bloc that controls the tanks, cannons, aircraft and, which is especially important for us, the missiles that are in its arsenal.
Of course, Ukraine's accession to NATO opens the way for the deployment of American missiles in the country, ”Zatulin said.
The deputy added that Ukraine in its new history "demonstrates an irrepressible desire to sever all ties with Russia as soon as possible."
Earlier, Putin said that the flight time of NATO missiles to Moscow in the event of Ukraine joining the alliance would be reduced from 15 to 7-10 minutes.
He also noted that he does not consider talks about Ukraine's joining NATO to be "chatter".
According to him, Moscow may not know "how the conversation" between Kiev and the West was actually built.