The Kremlin on Sunday criticized NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who called on the Alliance to be ready for a large-scale war with Russia, similar to World War II. This is reported by Reuters, writes UNN.
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Speaking in Berlin, Rutte stated that NATO must be "ready for the scale of war that our grandfathers and great-grandfathers experienced," arguing that "we are Russia's next target."
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called such remarks irresponsible.
This is like a statement from a representative of a generation that managed to forget what World War II was really like. They don't understand anything, and, unfortunately, Mr. Rutte, by making such irresponsible statements, simply doesn't understand what he's talking about.
Russia has repeatedly rejected statements about a possible attack on a NATO member country, calling them "nonsense" and "anti-Russian hysteria."
Russia claims that NATO's eastward expansion is a threat to it, and states that it has no intention of attacking the Alliance.