Russia's Peskov: We are Already at War with NATO

Sept. 19—Russian warnings of war due to NATO’s hostility persist. Dmitry Peskov went so far Sept. 15 as to say that NATO is already de facto at war with Russia. “NATO is at war with Russia,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a news briefing, reported TASS. “It’s evident, and it doesn’t need any additional confirmation,” he said. “NATO is de facto taking part in this war” by providing direct and indirect support to the Kyiv regime.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council, ridiculed the notion that the creation of a no-fly zone over Ukraine, presumably to be enforced by NATO, would be a good idea; this has been repeatedly demanded by NATO's Ukrainian dictator Volodymyr Zelenskyy and now has some support within the NATO command and from Poland. “[I]f they go ahead with the provocative idea floated by the dimwits in Kyiv and elsewhere to create a ‘no-fly zone’ over ‘Ukraine’ and allow NATO countries to shoot down our UAVs, it will mean only one thing—a war between NATO and Russia,” he said on his Telegram channel. According to TASS, Medvedev was commenting on a statement by Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski on the introduction of a no-fly zone over Ukraine.

In the same posting, Medvedev also warned EU countries against stealing frozen Russian assets to use them to support Ukraine. “Now, about the stealing of Russian property in the guise of a ‘loan to Ukraine backed by Russian assets as collateral’—an idea cherished by assorted freaks from Brussels and EU countries. Should it happen, Russia will go after the EU states, as well as the degenerates from Brussels and individual EU countries that attempt to confiscate our stuff, until the end of time, with everything we’ve got” he said. “These claims won’t be dismissed due to acquisitive prescription, and no statutes of limitations will save them from being brought to justice for international crimes. We’ll go after them in all possible international and national courts.”

“And in some cases, we’ll bypass court procedure,” he added ominously.

The drone provocation by Poland and the allegations of Russian violations of Estonian airspace are only making matters worse. “Of course, the provocation is man-made. I am certain that Ukrainians are behind it, as well as those who support and encourage them in their determination to prolong the armed conflict with Russia. The escalation is plainly visible,” Federation Council Deputy Chairman Konstantin Kosachev told Izvestia. The situation could be comprehensively resolved through direct consultations between the relevant Polish and Russian agencies, without intermediaries. Since everything is being done except this, it is clear that the issue is not concern for security, but rather a desire to continue pressing the escalation pedal in the conflict in Ukraine,” he added.

Then there’s the planned deployment of U.S. long range missiles in Germany, set to begin in 2026. The deployment of American missiles “constitutes an obvious and direct threat to Russia’s security,” Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechayev has said, Izvestia notes in a separate report.