Russia has accused NATO of pursuing “Cold War schemes” by whipping up tensions with weapons deliveries to Ukraine and dealing to divide the world based mostly on ideological variations.
Moscow delivered its scathing evaluation hours after a high-stakes, two-day NATO summit in Lithuania wrapped up, throughout which questions on Ukraine’s future within the Western navy alliance have been debated.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was on the summit, was supplied long-term safety guarantees by main powers and assurances that Ukraine would finally obtain a proposal to affix NATO, however was given no concrete timeline.
The Russian Foreign Ministry mentioned NATO’s vow to additional construct up Ukraine’s navy capabilities throughout land, sea and air confirmed that Kiev’s Western backers have been “plotting a course for escalation.”
“They issued a new set of promises to supply the Kiev regime with increasingly more advanced and long-range weapons in order to prolong the conflict of attrition as long as possible,” the assertion issued late Wednesday mentioned.
Russia launched its unprovoked struggle in opposition to the neighbouring nation greater than 16 months in the past. It occupies a few fifth of Ukraine and shells Ukrainian cities and villages every day. Thousands of civilians have died within the combating and hundreds of thousands have fled their houses.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has, partially, portrayed his invasion as a response to NATO’s eastward growth and to guard in opposition to the opportunity of Ukraine’s admission.
NATO’s summit in Vilnius demonstrated “that the organization has completely returned to the Cold War schemes,” the Foreign Ministry assertion mentioned, including that Western powers have been decided to divide “the world into democracies and autocracies.”
“The crosshairs of this policy of searching for enemies is aimed at Russia,” the ministry mentioned.
Source: www.anews.com.tr