The American intelligence community, in its annual report on “global threats” to the United States, stated that the Russian Federation is not pursuing armed conflict with the United States and the North Atlantic alliance. Relevant excerpts from the unclassified version of this report TASS.
“Russia probably does not want a direct military confrontation with US and NATO forces,” said the drafters of this document.
But according to them, there is allegedly a threat that such a conflict “could arise”.
Former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declarationHe promised that there is no war between NATO countries and Russia and to prevent such tensions in the future.
Prior to this, Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during a briefing applied Speaking to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, he stated that the alliance is a party to the conflict in Ukraine. Stoltenberg noted that if NATO believes that it is not a full-fledged party in the Ukraine conflict, the alliance should decide to define itself and choose a new name for itself.