“NATO, in the light of its military actions in Eastern Europe, is intensifying confrontation and further aggravating the conflict with Russia,” TASS quoted him as saying.

He noted: “in order to resolve it (the conflict), no more military presence is needed, but (we need) negotiations with mutual concrete proposals for de-escalation.”

Earlier, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the information hysteria of the United States and NATO is generously framed by lies about Russia.