# Russian delegation warns confrontation with West could enter its most severe phase

https://mins.news/en/item/90032

- TASS, 2026-10-07 16:33 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2198947

> Yulia Zhdanova, head of Russia’s delegation to the Vienna talks on military security and arms control, said Western escalation over Ukraine and intensifying military rhetoric increase the risk that the confrontation with Russia will enter its most severe phase. She cited plans for further support to Ukraine, NATO troop deployments there and European discussion of military preparations beyond Ukraine, and accused the EU and NATO of inflaming tensions by rejecting genuine diplomacy.