Russia and NATO are now in ‘direct confrontation’, Kremlin declares on the day the alliance celebrates its 75th anniversary as it accuses the US-led bloc of ‘moving towards our borders’

Russia and NATO are now in ‘direct confrontation’, the Kremlin has declared, on the day the US-led military alliance celebrates its 75th anniversary.

As NATO leaders and diplomats gathered for a ceremony in Brussels marking 75 years of the security bloc, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Moscow: ‘In fact, relations have now slipped to the level of direct confrontation.’

NATO was ‘already involved in the conflict surrounding Ukraine (and) continues to move towards our borders and expand its military infrastructure towards our borders’, he said.

The alliance’s successive waves of enlargement are a fixation of President Vladimir Putin, who went to war in Ukraine two years ago with the stated aim of preventing the alliance from coming closer to Russia’s borders.

Instead, the war has galvanised NATO, which has expanded again with the entry of Finland and Sweden while bolstering its forces across eastern Europe.

Another factor also looms large over the 75th anniversary celebrations – the possible return to the White House of Donald Trump.

The former US President previously undermined NATO’s collective defence guarantee by saying he’d encourage Russia to attack any members not spending enough on defence – and allegedly said he’d refuse to give ‘a penny’ to Ukraine.

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