"NATO is de facto involved in this war," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
"NATO is providing direct and indirect support to the Kiev regime. It can be said with absolute certainty that NATO is fighting against Russia".
(Reporting by Dmitry AntonovEditing by Andrew Osborn)

Signage for the NATO Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center during the NATO summit in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. Joe Biden and NATO's 31 other leaders had hoped their summit would celebrate fresh unity against Russia's Vladimir Putin, send a warning to China and prove the alliance is as strong as ever in its 75th year, but the three days of pageantry will be overshadowed by domestic turmoil across the alliance. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg