Russia: NATO pursues 'Cold War schemes,' seeks escalation in Ukraine
Participants attend a meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) with Asia Pacific Partners during the NATO summit in Vilnius. Paul Ellis/PA Wire/dpa

Russia has accused NATO of pursuing "Cold War schemes" by whipping up tensions with weapons deliveries to Ukraine and working to divide the world based on ideological differences. Moscow delivered its scathing assessment hours after a high-stakes, two-day NATO summit in Lithuania wrapped up, during which questions about Ukraine's future in the Western military alliance were debated. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was at the summit, was offered long-term security promises by leading powers and assurances that Ukraine would eventually receive an offer to join NATO, but was given no ...