According to him, the situation around the Ukrainian conflict undermines the principles enshrined in the UN Charter, which were aimed at "avoiding a new conflict after the Second World War."
“If we don’t stand up for this, then there is a risk of opening a Pandora’s box,” RIA Novosti quotes Blinken.
In his opinion, if new conflicts arise, the United States will inevitably become involved in them, therefore, Blinken noted, they must be prevented so that "there is no need to respond."
Earlier, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev called the words of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that Russia's victory in the conflict in Ukraine would be the defeat of the North Atlantic Alliance, confirmation of NATO's participation in the war against Russia.