Zakharova called relations between Russia and the West on fire

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting on relations with Western countries, said on October 2 that the parties were in a state of "another form of conflict" that went beyond the cold war.

"We are already in a state of a different form of conflict: there has been no cold here for a long time — there is already fire here," she said at a briefing.

Zakharova also stressed that the "hype" around the so-called Russian drones is being used by EU countries to justify a direct clash with Russia in the eyes of the public.

Finnish tip-off: NATO planes have worked out a breakthrough of the Russian air defense system

Large-scale aviation exercises of the North Atlantic Alliance have ended near the border with Karelia

On September 25, the head of the State Duma's defense committee, Andrei Kartapolov, said that European countries were preparing for the covert deployment of aviation and air defense systems on the border with Russia. In addition, the movement of aircraft from the UK and France has already been recorded. According to him, such actions take place under the guise of reports of alleged violations of Russian airspace.

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