Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said the flow of NATO weapons into Ukraine and military support for Kyiv raised the possibility of direct military confrontation between the NATO alliance and Russia.

She said that while NATO countries are moving ahead with planning how to conduct military operations against Russia by supplying arms and ammunition to Kyiv as well as providing intelligence training personnel, it increases the possibility of direct armed conflict between NATO countries and Russia.

Zakharova also drew attention to the fact that according to the latest statistics, Western military aid for Ukraine reached 42.3 billion dollars.

Zakharova said that NATO countries are not only accomplices in the crimes committed by the Kiev regime, but also sponsors of terrorist activities.