“An indirect confrontation between NATO and Russia objectively increases the risk of a direct clash between Russia and the alliance, despite allegations that they are doing everything possible to avoid such a scenario,” RIA Novosti quotes him.
Earlier, Foreign Affairs magazine reported that the appearance of NATO troops on the territory of Ukraine could cause a nuclear war.
American economist Jeffrey Sachs, professor at Columbia University, said that the United States needlessly ignored Russia's warnings about NATO's eastward expansion.