GORKI, February 2. /TASS/. Russia is not seeking to trigger a global conflict, nor did it seek to launch the special military operation, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with TASS, Reuters, and Wargonzo.

"Of course, we are not interested in a global conflict. We are not crazy! <…> Who needs a global conflict?" the politician asked rhetorically. "Nor were we interested in beginning the special military operation," he emphasized. Medvedev reiterated that Russia had repeatedly warned the West and NATO countries, calling on them to take Russia’s interests into account and sit at the negotiating table.

"We have repeatedly warned the West and NATO countries, inviting them to negotiate and asking them to take the interests of the Russian Federation into account, to determine the boundaries of further NATO expansion, and to drop the idea of making Ukraine a NATO member, because we had a territorial dispute over Crimea with Ukraine already back then," he recalled. "But they were just as adamant, saying 'no, we will do anything we want and let anybody who want join [the bloc]'. And here they go, causing a serious global problem!" Medvedev lamented.