The Kremlin denounces that NATO participates in "a direct armed confrontation" against Russia

Moscow stresses that the Alliance acts as "an enemy" and defends the suspension of the New START

MADRID, 28 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Kremlin has affirmed this Tuesday that NATO has entered into "a direct armed confrontation" with Russia through its delivery of arms to Ukraine and has stressed that the Alliance "acts as a single bloc that is not an opponent, but a enemy".

The spokesman for the Russian Presidency, Dimitri Peskov, stressed that "its (NATO) Intelligence works against Russia 24 hours a day and its weapons (...) are delivered to Ukraine free of charge to fire at the Russian Army and against Ukrainian citizens, cities and villages".

"These are commitments that are adopted and carried out after collective decisions within the NATO framework on new supplies, new deliveries of weapons with a constant increase in their technical level," he explained in an interview with the Russian newspaper 'Izvestia' .

Thus, he stressed that "there is no need to hide anything" and that "you have to call things what they are". "They must understand this, although it is remarkable how sensitive they are about this and how they repeat like a mantra that they do not want to be a participant in the conflict (in Ukraine)," she said.

Peskov has therefore defended the decision of Russian President Vladimir Putin to suspend Moscow's participation in the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) and has argued that "the situation has changed dramatically" for Russia since it was signed.

"When the document came up, when the negotiations took place, the nuclear arsenals of France and the United Kingdom were left out, since they are not comparable in power and volume with those of Russia and the United States, although they are sufficient for the entire system. of Europe's strategic security," he said.

"These countries, France, the United Kingdom and the United States, are in the same organization, which is 'de facto' at war against us," before criticizing that NATO and the United States have condemned Putin's announcement but "have not shown willingness to take Russia's concerns into account".

In this sense, Peskov has lamented that "they persistently refuse to listen to Putin's words." "This is just what the president said, who pointed out that (these countries) do not want to listen to us, but this will not happen again," he asserted, before calling for a "change" in the Western position.

"The security of one country cannot be guaranteed at the expense of that of another," he pointed out, while applauding the fact that the peace proposal recently presented by China takes this aspect into account. "It is a very important ideological point of the Chinese plan that corresponds to our position," she defended.

Peskov has therefore said that "the situation has changed radically" as a result of the war in Ukraine and has reiterated that Moscow is prepared to hold a process of talks. "The West is not ready for it, they just don't want to", he lamented.

"Putin was and remains open to any contact that can help Russia achieve its goals in one way or another, preferably peacefully, at the negotiating table. If this is not possible, also through military means, such as we are seeing," he argued.

In this way, he has reported that "many statements are heard from (German Chancellor Olaf) Scholz and (French President Emmanuel) Macron, who have said that they will continue to be in contact with Putin to seek solutions to the situation, but there have been no recent initiatives."

"If we talk about content, there is a big question mark, since it is one thing to remain neutral with respect to the parties to the conflict and another to participate indirectly in the hostilities and declare your intention to increase your participation in support of one of the parties, in this case Ukraine. How can you then have a potential to mediate? That potential disappears," he said.

The Kremlin spokesman has also noted that "the vast majority of Russian society fully supports" Putin and "fully supports the objectives" of the invasion of Ukraine. "The overwhelming majority of the population supports a self-sufficient economy for development," he said.

On the other hand, he has stressed that "the existing regime in Kiev favors the Nazis" and has added that "there are forces in Ukraine that do not like the current regime", among which he has cited the pro-Russian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk, exchanged in September for 215 Ukrainian prisoners of war.

"Medvedchuk has his followers, even if they are not as many as we would like. It is also that those who are in Ukraine are afraid and it is dangerous on a physical level for them to raise their heads. They would be destroyed immediately, killed," he said.

Peskov has also assessed that the world "advances towards multipolarity, a system of relations in which there is no caste of 'civilized countries' and then the rest". "I think we are at the beginning and the period will be long and painful. Many countries see Russia as the initiator of the process," he explained.

Along these lines, he has described the relations between Russia and China as "special", which he has defined as "a huge and powerful country whose interests cannot be ignored by any of the actors in the international arena".

Finally, he has denied that there is an effort to restore the Soviet Union, although he has recognized that "there are modern forms of integration", being "the most advanced and fastest" that between Russia and Belarus.

"This fully corresponds to the interests of the peoples of both countries. Putin and (Belarusian President Alexander) Lukashenko have talked about it. The integration process is underway. Many positive steps have been taken and achievements have been made," has settled.