The Foreign Ministry called NATO's actions in the context of the Ukrainian crisis dangerous

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The Russian Foreign Ministry reports that hostile steps by NATO countries in the context of the Ukrainian crisis and the build-up of military activity at the borders of the Union State provoke strategic risks and are fraught with direct armed conflict between nuclear powers.

Among the key threats are plans and practical steps to deploy American and other Western medium- and shorter-range land-based missiles in Europe, building up US missile defense capabilities in Europe, stationing significant combat forces near the borders of the Union State and developing NATO “joint nuclear missions”.

Moscow and Minsk opposed the deployment of any weapons in space and criticized American initiatives, including the Golden Dome project.

MOSCOW, October 8 - RIA Novosti. Hostile steps by NATO countries in the context of the Ukrainian crisis and the build-up of military activity at the borders of the Union State provoke serious strategic risks and are fraught with a direct armed conflict between nuclear powers, the Russian Foreign Ministry reports.

A joint statement of the states parties to the Treaty on the Establishment of the Union State was published on the website of the Foreign Ministry. The document expresses particular concern in connection with the activities of the alliance, which create direct threats to the security of Russia and Belarus.

“The most destabilizing actions of NATO countries, provoking the most serious strategic risks, include, first of all, the continuing hostile steps in the context of the Ukrainian crisis, fraught with direct armed conflict between the nuclear powers, plans and practical steps to deploy American and other Western medium- and shorter-range ground-based missiles in Europe,” the report says.

In addition, the key threats include the build-up of US missile defense capabilities in Europe, the deployment of significant combat forces near the borders of the Union State and the development of NATO “joint nuclear missions” based on US tactical nuclear weapons deployed in Europe.

The statement paid special attention to the inadmissibility of turning space into an arena of military operations. Moscow and Minsk opposed the deployment of any weapons in orbit and criticized American initiatives.

“We oppose the deployment of weapons of any kind in space, the use or threat of force against space objects or with their help, and attempts by individual countries to use outer space for the purposes of armed confrontation, including as part of the implementation of the US Golden Dome project, which includes the development and deployment of space-based interception systems,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said.