Vladimir Putin’s said the ally Organization of the North Atlantic Treatyor NATO, member states are now party to it the conflict in Ukraine.

What happened: Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev, in a (n interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, said the main goal of the West is Defeat of Russia and its further dismemberment.

“NATO countries are a party to the conflict,” Patrushev said, adding that the Question of help to Ukraine from the “good” NATO will be a prominent topic at the “Summit for Democracy” scheduled by Washington for the end of March.

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“They turned Ukraine into a large military camp. They send weapons and ammunition to Ukrainian troops and provide them with information, including with the help of a satellite constellation and a significant number of unmanned aerial vehicles. NATO instructors and advisers train the Ukrainian military, and mercenaries fight as part of neo-Nazi battalions,” he added.

He added that the US and its European allies are trying to prolong this military confrontation. “They do not hide their main goal – the defeat of Russia on the battlefield and its further dismemberment.”

Meanwhile, NATO on Sunday criticized Putin for his “dangerous and irresponsible” nuclear rhetoric after Russia announced it would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus in response to US deployments in Europe.

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