Russia sets conditions for peaceful solution to Ukraine conflict

In an interview, Mr. Galuzin emphasized: "On behalf of the Russian government, we continue to maintain our principled position, which is that a comprehensive, sustainable and just solution can only be achieved if the Kiev government stops hostile actions and terrorist attacks, while Western sponsors stop pumping weapons to the Ukrainian army."

In addition, Mr. Galuzin accused the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) of studying scenarios for using nuclear weapons against Russia. The Russian diplomat stated: "NATO carries out the so-called joint nuclear mission. That means that non-nuclear member states of the alliance participate in military planning for the use of nuclear weapons and specialists from these countries are trained in how to handle US nuclear weapons... Moreover, the exercises (of the alliance army) present scenarios for using (nuclear weapons) against our country."

Deputy Foreign Minister Galuzin also said that Poland had launched a new round of military preparations, based on false pretexts. He explained: "The deployment of Wagner PMC (private military company) forces in our fraternal republic is nothing more than another false pretext for Warsaw to launch a new round of military preparations."

According to Mr. Galuzin, Poland's plan to "strengthen" the border with Belarus after deploying PMC Wagner forces in this republic certainly poses a threat to the security of the Russia-Belarus Union State./.