MOSCOW: Russia-Nato relations are worsening however Moscow has no intention of getting into a battle with a Nato nation, Russian Deputy International Minister Alexander Grushko stated in an interview revealed on Thursday. In feedback to mark Nato’s seventy fifth anniversary, Grushko instructed Russian state information company RIA that relations had been “predictably and deliberately” deteriorating, and all channels of dialogue between Moscow and the alliance had been dropped at a “critical zero” stage by Washington and Brussels. “Is the military bloc ready for an open conflict with Russia? You need to ask the Nato members themselves. In any case, we have no such intentions regarding the member countries of the alliance,” Grushko stated. President Vladimir Putin launched what he referred to as his “special military operation” in Ukraine in 2022 with the said intention of stopping Nato from increasing its footprint near Russia. However the warfare has served to galvanise the alliance, which has expanded to 32 members by admitting Finland and Sweden. Nato says it’s serving to Ukraine combat for its survival within the face of Russian aggression, and has offered Kyiv with superior weapons, coaching and intelligence. Russia says that makes Nato de facto a celebration to the battle. Putin stated in February {that a} direct battle between Russia and Nato would imply the planet was one step away from World Warfare Three.
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