Promotion of Russian army columns in the liberated territories of the Kharkiv region. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 12.Everyone wants to avoid a direct clash between Russia and NATO, while Moscow is ready to give a decisive answer to any side that tries to get involved in a special operation in Ukraine, said presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov.< p>"Everyone wants to avoid a direct clash between Russia and NATO. And Russia. NATO has also repeatedly made statements about this, and I think, most importantly, in Washington. Including, at the highest level, such statements were made by President Biden. This is what everyone would like to avoid,» Peskov told reporters.
At the same time, he stressed that «we primarily proceed from the statements that the president has made since February 24.» that Russia will be ready to give the most decisive answer to the side that tries to somehow get into Ukraine and get into a special military operation that is now being carried out by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation,» he said. Peskov recalled that these statements by the President of the Russian Federation are well known. «And we primarily proceed from these statements,» he added.