Spokeswoman of Russia's Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova arrives for a joint press conference of Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud following their meeting in Moscow, Russia July 4, 2025. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia on Thursday said that there was no Cold War with the West because it was now a "fiery" conflict, and that the European Union and the NATO military alliance were lying about alleged Moscow's sabotage operations to justify vast military spending.
The war in Ukraine, Europe's deadliest since World War Two, has sparked the biggest confrontation between Russia and the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
