Milan, Dec. 1 (LaPresse) – “We believe that the statement on possible preemptive strikes against Russia” in an interview with the Financial Times by Giovanni Cavo Dragone, head of NATO's Military Committee, "is an extremely irresponsible step, demonstrating the Alliance's willingness to continue the escalation. We consider it a deliberate attempt to undermine efforts to resolve the crisis in Ukraine. Those who make such statements must be aware of the risks and potential consequences, including for the Alliance members themselves." So said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. “NATO has never hidden its true goals and intentions. Yet the bloc's leadership has the decency to accuse Russia of ‘bellicose nuclear rhetoric’, intimidation, and notorious hybrid attacks, without any evidence of our involvement,” continued Zakharova, according to whom “against the backdrop of anti-Russian hysteria fomented by the alliance and alarmism about Russia's imminent attack on member countries of the bloc, such statements not only add fuel to the fire, but seriously inflame the already existing confrontation.” "Brussels likes to repeat the mantra about the ‘purely defensive’ nature of the Alliance. G. Cavo Dragone's self-incriminating revelations about ‘preemptive strikes’ put an end to this mythology," the spokeswoman concludes.
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