“NATO countries, as if competing with each other, continue to pump up the Kyiv regime with weapons, ammunition, supply it with intelligence, train Kiev-regime soldiers, give orientation on the conduct of hostilities, thereby approaching the dangerous line of a direct military clash with Russia,” Zakharova said in a statement. during the briefing.

According to her, the total military assistance of the West to Ukraine amounted to $42.3 billion, most of which falls on the United States.

Earlier, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the North Atlantic Alliance de facto got into the conflict in Ukraine, but this does not affect Russia's goals.

During a meeting in Sevastopol, Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said that, in fact, "the NATO bloc is fighting against Russia."

He also said that attempts at negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv were thwarted by order of the United States.