Chinanews.com, February 28th, according to comprehensive Russian media reports, Russian President’s Press Secretary Peskov said on the 28th local time that NATO countries have become participants in the Ukraine crisis. As a unified group, NATO will no longer belong to Russia. An opponent, but an enemy.
According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, Peskov said: "In fact, as a unified group, NATO is no longer an opponent of Russia, but an enemy. NATO's reconnaissance agencies are conducting 24-hour reconnaissance of Russia. As Putin said in a recent As emphasized in the interview, NATO provides weapons to Ukraine free of charge and supports the Ukrainian army to open fire on the Russian army. NATO collectively decided to deliver a new batch of weapons and continuously improve its technical level...”
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In an interview with Izvestia, Peskov said that Western countries reacted quickly after Putin's State of the Nation Address, which shows that Russia's statement has become sensitive information for the West.
Peskov said: "Within an hour of the president's decision (to suspend the implementation of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), we saw official statements from NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the US State Department and the US White House..."
Peskov also added: "In the (Western) statements, we heard rebukes against Russia, (they) did not take into account Russia's concerns. They stubbornly did not want to listen to Putin's exhortations... "
Peskov made it clear that in order for Russia to return to New START, the West must change its conceptual stance on Russia's own security concerns.
"The security of one country cannot be at the expense of the security of another," he explained.
On the issue of crisis negotiations, Peskov said: "If the West wanted to, (they) would have sat at the negotiating table on security issues ... but they refused."