Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov WASHINGTON, Mar 29 Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that NATO does not exist for interaction or security, but is a confrontation machine. «We are deeply convinced that the NATO machine is not an interaction machine or a security machine, it is a confrontation machine,» Peskov said in an interview with the American PBS television channel. the Russian president called the situation «worrisome.» He also added that Russia has repeatedly expressed its concern over the years about NATO's advance to the East or the possibility of Ukraine joining the alliance, but did not see «any reaction.» Answering a question about NATO forces being pulled closer to the Russian border, Peskov noted that before the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, «NATO did the same, but with a smile on its face and gradually.» Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
