“De facto, he recognized what really is.

NATO is at war with Ukraine, while the Ukrainian people are deluded.

This confrontation has been prepared by the West, led by the United States, for a long time,” he told RIA Novosti.

Earlier, in an interview with the 1 + 1 TV channel, Reznikov said that Ukraine is fulfilling the NATO mission.

According to retired US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter, Russia got ahead of Ukraine's plans to seize the Donbass and entered into a confrontation with the alliance.