‘Horror stories’: Putin aide reacts to Poland attack claims after warning of nuclear war with NATO?

Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said Russia now openly considers the conflict in Ukraine to be a war, arguing that it began as a “special military operation” but escalated because Western capitals actively back Kyiv. He also warned that Russia should expect provocations ahead of the NATO summit and claimed Ukraine is intensifying attacks because the battlefield situation is worsening for Kyiv.