The end, NATO is moving against the Russians?

"Now the members of NATO have stopped hiding that they are preparing for a potential armed conflict with Russia, regional defense plans have been approved, concrete tasks have been formulated for all NATO's military commands," Grushko said in an interview with Ria Novosti.

He noted that NATO is simultaneously "examining logistical routes for transferring troops and weapons across the Atlantic to the place where weapons are stored".

Grushko assessed that NATO is constantly increasing the degree of tension towards Russia, adding that Moscow and NATO have lines of communication, that the defense ministers of Russia and the USA conduct a dialogue, but that these channels are more intended for emergency cases, and not for finding ways to reduce tensions.

"There are so-called hot lines of communication and opportunities for emergency contacts are still at the level of the defense ministers of Russia and the United States, and not for finding ways to reduce tensions," Grushko said, RIA Novosti reports.

In October 2021, in response to the expulsion of Russian diplomats from NATO, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced Russia's retaliatory measures: in addition to suspending the work of NATO's military liaison mission in Moscow, the work of its information bureau also ceased, according to the Russian agency.

The permanent mission of Russia to NATO suspended its work, and for contacts with Russia, the alliance was asked to contact the Russian ambassador in Belgium.