“Having declared our country the most significant and direct threat to their security, the alliance states are increasing their presence near Russian borders, inflating military spending, accelerating the flywheel of the military industry... It is already being said in open text that NATO is preparing for a big war in Europe,” he told RIA News.
According to the diplomat, at a future summit, the issue of increasing defense spending and “the mantra that Russia should not win in Ukraine” will most likely be discussed.
“Nothing will be said about how reckless NATO’s commitment to escalating the Ukrainian crisis is, which is fraught with a slide into a direct military clash between nuclear powers,” the ambassador emphasized.
Earlier, the head of the Russian delegation at the negotiations in Vienna on military security and arms control, Konstantin Gavrilov, said that NATO’s policy towards Russia will lead to the degradation of the situation in Europe.
Gavrilov also said that Russia-NATO relations today can be described as “more than a cold war.”
Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said that NATO is actively involved in organizing shelling of the country.