Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu said the actions of Western nations have “intensified geopolitical rivalry” and the “risks of military confrontation between nuclear powers are heightening,” the Russian News Agency TASS reported on Friday.
Tensions between the West and Russia have been high since President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Despite consistent calls for a deescalation, the war shows little signs of slowing as it enters its third year. The security council secretary accused Western countries of attacking the ideology and values in Russia and Belarus by seeking to punish the two nations via economic sanctions and destabilize them politically.
“Amid increased conflict behavior and intensified geopolitical rivalry, global risks of a military confrontation between large players, including nuclear powers, are heightening,” Shoigu said.
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