Russian deputy foreign minister: Russia will resort to ‘even stronger military means’ if Western pressure continues

Russia will resort to “even stronger military means” in its war with Ukraine if the U.S. and its allies fail to recognize it cannot be tested indefinitely, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in an interview with CNN.

“Risks are high and they are growing, and that’s quite disturbing,” Ryabkov said, adding that the current geopolitical tensions were unheard of even “at the height of the Cold War.”

The Russian deputy foreign minister said there was “no magic solution” to the conflict. He claimed there is a lack of common sense and “restraint in the West, in particular the U.S., where people seemingly underestimate our resolve to defend our core national security interests.”