Russia, West in ‘Deep Confrontation’ Over Ukraine, Kremlin Says After NATO Summit

Russia and the West are now locked in a state of “deep confrontation,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview broadcast on a Russian television channel on July 14. “We are currently at the stage of deep confrontation, sharp confrontation, with no prerequisites [for negotiations] in sight,” he said, according to the Tass news agency. Mr. Peskov criticized NATO in particular for failing to meet Moscow’s longstanding demand that Ukraine, which shares a border with Russia, remain outside the Western alliance. “The alliance says: ‘Ukraine will be in NATO’,” the spokesman said. “In other words, they are saying: ‘We will never take Russia’s key concerns [about Ukraine joining NATO] into account’,” he asserted....