On May 17 local time, Tass News Agency reported that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov said that the Russian side would not rule out the possibility of lowering the level of diplomatic relations with the United States under certain circumstances.

He said that the United States has fallen into an uncontrollable crisis of collapse in its relations with Russia, and the policy of the United States authorities does not allow continued meetings on strategic stability.

He also said that NATO is on the verge of a direct armed conflict with Russia. Russia does not trust NATO, but the statement that Russia plans to attack NATO countries is absurd. (Chief reporter Wang Delu)