“If the military crisis continues and intensifies, Europe will be forcibly drawn into it, which the countries of the region do not want ... If the conflict drags on, this will cause a confrontation between Russia and NATO.
In that case, this would mean that a nuclear war in Europe cannot be ruled out,” Zhongping said.
He noted that the United States is using the situation in Ukraine to control Europe and contain Russia, and at the same time does not seek to provide Kyiv with significant military assistance.
Earlier, Deputy Head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev spoke about the possibility of nuclear war.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia is not playing with the topic of nuclear war.
He noted that the inadmissibility of nuclear war is Russia's principled position.