# NATO members plan to bring confrontation with Russia to hot phase by 2029-2030, diplomat says

https://mins.news/en/item/61387

- TASS, 2026-09-16 17:26 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2188653

> Yulia Zhdanova, head of Russia’s delegation to military security and arms-control talks, said NATO members plan to escalate their military confrontation with Russia into a “hot phase” by no later than 2029-2030. She cited Europe’s infrastructure upgrades and the deployment of new brigade-level formations, command structures and equipment depots on NATO’s eastern flank.

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