Moscow is willing to engage in security talks with the West if it reviews its “destructive policy” that seeks to strike a strategic defeat of Russiastated today the Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoiguspeaking at the 10th Xiangshan Security Forum, held in Beijing.

“Without the West reviewing its destructive policy, which involves inflicting a strategic defeat of Russiafruitful negotiations in this area will hardly be possible,” Shoigu said, quoted on his portfolio’s Telegram channel.

He warned that the Western drift towards “constant escalation of the conflict with Russia carries the threat of a direct military confrontation between nuclear powers, which would have catastrophic consequences.”

“ANDUnited States and NATO “They continue to seriously believe that they will be able to undermine Russia’s security and deprive us of the will to resist,” Shoigu said.

At the same time, the minister stressed that “Russia is open to discussing and resolving any security issue if this dialogue is fair, equitable and based on mutual respect of the parties.”

He added that in the event that the necessary conditions are created, Moscow is willing to maintain “political debate on realistic bases both on the post-conflict settlement of the Ukrainian crisis and on further coexistence with the West in general.”

Shoigu insisted that it is necessary to guarantee equal rights among the nuclear powers that are permanent members of the UN Security Council, which has, he said, a “special responsibility for the preservation of global peace and stability.”

“To form a just and multipolar world order, it is necessary to update the international security architecture and give it greater stability,” he added.

Russia redoubles its attacks in Donbas

This Sunday, the Russian army redoubled its attacks to envelop the Ukrainian troops defending the strategic stronghold of Avdivkathe key to the south of Donbas, a battle on which the success of the Ukrainian counteroffensive towards the Sea of ​​Azov also depends.

“The enemy’s objectives are very primitive. Putin needs whatever (…) some kind of positive result, since for a long time they inflated” the situation on the front, Mikhailo Podoliak, advisor to the Ukrainian Presidency, told television today. .

Meanwhile, Ukraine officially entered winter time on Sundaysynonymous with low temperatures, impassable roads and logistical problems for both sides.