Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has warned that “a military confrontation between nuclear powers” could be a “catastrophic consequence” of the Western line of successive escalation of the conflict with Russia.. In his speech at the Beijing Forum on global security, Shoigu accused the US and NATO of trying to “undermine Russia's security” and defended the revocation of the treaty that prohibits nuclear weapons testing by his country.

In this sense, he also added that in the event that the necessary conditions are created, Moscow is willing to hold “political debates on realistic bases, both on the post-conflict settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, and on coexistence with the West in general.”

Likewise, the Russian Defense Minister also showed his country's willingness to dialogue with the West about security if it reviews its “destructive policy” that seeks to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, he stated.

“Without the West reviewing its destructive policy, which involves inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia, fruitful negotiations in this area will hardly be possible,” Shoigu said, quoted on his portfolio's Telegram channel.

“The United States and NATO continue to seriously believe that they will be able to undermine Russia's security and deprive us of the will to resist,” Shoigu said.