Russia, West in ‘Deep Confrontation’ Over Ukraine, Kremlin Says After NATO Summit

Moscow responds to alliance’s latest assertion that Ukraine’s path to membership is irreversible.

The Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters is seen next to one of the towers of Moscow’s Kremlin, on March 15, 2023. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

Russia and the West are now locked in a state of “deep confrontation,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview broadcast on a Russian television channel on July 14.

“We are currently at the stage of deep confrontation, sharp confrontation, with no prerequisites [for negotiations] in sight,” he said, according to the Tass news agency.