Russian official: nuclear confrontation possible due to NATO's provocative military actions

Dmitry Polyansky, Russia's deputy UN ambassador and permanent representative to the OSCE, said in remarks referring to NATO military exercises near Russia's borders that NATO's provocative military actions could lead to a direct nuclear confrontation between NATO and Moscow.

Dmitry Polyansky, Russia's deputy ambassador to the United Nations and the country's permanent representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), emphasized that NATO's provocative military actions could lead to a direct nuclear confrontation between NATO and Moscow.