Matvienko said that NATO is at war with Russia at the hands of Ukrainians

“If we talk about what is happening in Ukraine, it is not Russia that is at war.

This is the collective West, this is NATO, which is at war with Russia through the hands of Ukrainians.

Therefore, we had to do everything to protect our sovereignty and our security, ”she said on the air of the Belarusian TV channel STV.

Earlier, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev expressed the opinion that the EU authorities are preparing the people of Ukraine to die "for the European perspective."

Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky said in an interview with RT Arabic that arms supplies from the United States and other NATO countries to Kyiv are prolonging the conflict and exacerbating the problem.