"Especially since the Global South countries represented at other Vienna venues show deep interest in Russia's position," Zhdanova noted.
According to the diplomat, the Russian delegation in Vienna has no illusions that international organizations', including the OSCE's, ability to give any adequate response to the crimes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with the support of a number of Western countries, but for Russian diplomacy this is not an obstacle to covering the real situation both in the special operation zone and in the Kursk region.
Earlier, the diplomat stated that the OSCE leadership had not condemned the attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Kursk region.
"We have no illusions that international structures, including the OSCE, will prefer, as before in similar cases, to turn a blind eye to the crimes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces — with the support of a number of Western countries. The absence of any adequate reaction only confirms their political bias," she noted.
At 5:30 am on August 6, Ukrainian Armed Forces units launched an offensive to seize territory in the Kursk region; their advance was stopped, Russia's Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov said. He emphasized that the operation in the Kursk region would be completed by defeating the enemy and reaching the state border. As the Russian Defense Ministry reported on October 6, during the fighting in the Kursk direction, the enemy lost more than 20,800 soldiers and 136 tanks.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Kiev regime had carried out a provocation, was conducting indiscriminate shooting, including at civilian targets. Putin said that the enemy would receive a worthy response, all goals facing Russia would be achieved.
In the Kursk, as well as the Belgorod and Bryansk regions, a counter-terrorism operation regime is in effect to ensure the safety of citizens.
Furthermore, the diplomat highlighted that Russia's warnings about the consequences of NATO's actions are having difficulty reaching the West.
According to Zhdanova, NATO has long been preparing for a potential armed clash with Russia; this "game" could get out of control and lead to an escalation of the conflict with catastrophic consequences, which the Russian delegation has clearly warned about at international diplomatic venues.
"There is a feeling that the signal is having difficulty reaching the opponents. Under these conditions, the adjustments that will be made to the fundamentals of State Policy in the Field of Nuclear Deterrence can and should be considered a certain signal to unfriendly countries," Zhdanova noted.
She added that NATO's "game" could get out of control and lead to a catastrophe.
"In fact, NATO has long been preparing for a potential armed clash with Russia," Zhdanova noted.
According to the diplomat, "NATO members have approved regional 'defense' plans, formulated specific tasks for all military commands of the bloc," and are also testing logistical routes for the transfer of troops and weapons across the Atlantic to the "eastern flank."
In addition, possible conflict scenarios with Russia are constantly being worked out from the Arctic to the Black Sea, she said.
"At the same time, very provocative steps are being taken in the Ukrainian direction — the range of the missiles being supplied is steadily increasing, the rhetoric about the possible sending of NATO troops to Ukraine continues (here, by the way, France is again being zealous). This 'game' could get out of control and lead to an escalation of the conflict with catastrophic consequences. We are clearly warning about this on international diplomatic platforms," Zhdanova said.
Earlier, Putin proposed discussing the issue of adjusting the principles of state policy in the area of nuclear deterrence at a meeting of the Russian Security Council's permanent members. Putin stated that Russia reserved the right to use nuclear weapons in the event of aggression, including if the enemy, using conventional weapons, created a critical threat to sovereignty. He added that it was proposed to consider aggression by a non-nuclear state with the participation of a nuclear state as their joint attack on Russia.
Later, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted that Russia had to make such decisions due to the growing involvement of the West in the conflict in Ukraine and Kiev's "utopian" talk about "forcing peace" on the Russian Federation.