"NATO is an aggressive bloc, and its aggression is clearly targeted, first of all, against Russia. In recent years, we have noticed that these ambitions are expanding and are directed not only against Russia from the western flank, but also in the underbelly, and now in some kind of encircling strategy. Because we are talking about the southern part of Russia and the Far East," Zakharova told Sputnik radio.
NATO seeks only one goal: to inflict strategic defeat on Russia, she added.