Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grushko accuses NATO: It is acting in view of a possible clash with Russia, increasingly close to military confrontation

"NATO is preparing the alliance for a possible military clash with Russia," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grushko said in an interview with Izvestia.

"Everything that NATO is doing today in this field, to put it bluntly, is preparing the alliance for a possible military confrontation with Russia," he said, stressing that "the role of nuclear weapons in the military planning of the Alliance is growing and there is talk of their deployment in Poland and other European countries." "From the latest exercises and documents," Grushko said, "we see that the role of nuclear weapons in NATO's military strategy and military planning is only increasing. It is said that nuclear weapons could be deployed in Poland and other countries. Keep this in mind," he concluded, "for possible countermeasures that could become concrete if these intentions (of NATO, ed.) are realized."