MOSCOW, June 6. /TASS/. Threats to NATO from Russia, to which the Alliance repeatedly refers, is a myth, Russia’s NATO Ambassador Alexander Grushko told Rossiya 24 television on Monday.

A Russian threat to NATO "is simply a myth, which gives a possibility to pursue the policy that NATO pursues, and at the same time to solve other tasks of strategic nature," he noted.

Grushko said this myth is used as an external factor to substantiate that "NATO is seen as an additional band to fix unity of the West". The ambassador said Alliance’s rhetoric was not substantiated. "If we take a look at regional balances, NATO is playing there some unclear game, as if the NATO countries themselves are some states having no army, having nothing...," he said.

"All these games of NATO’s fearfulness, they must end sooner or later, as it is difficult to live all the time in the smoke of an ideological campaign built on nothing," Russia’s permanent representative to NATO said.

NATO’s drills in the Baltic states

NATO’s drills in the Baltic states, in particular the ongoing BALTOPS exercises, pose no threat to Russia, Grushko said.

"What we are seeing today in the Baltic states, as a matter of fact, is nothing but attempts towards force development with the hostile policy pursued by NATO in the recent time. I would not say that it is a direct threat for Russia nut, nevertheless, it obviously creates serious risks as we see an absolutely new military reality forming along our border," he said.

He said Russia will analyze consequences of NATO’s drills "from the military point of view" in the light of the risks posed by NATO’s actions. The alliance’s military activity "is profoundly changing the military situation in the region," he noted.

The Russian diplomat warned that Russia will provide a military technical and political answer to NATO’s actions at its eastern borders. "Russia, as is known, can ensure its security very efficiently," Grushko stressed.

The BALTOPS-2016 international military exercises involving 17 countries began on Monday near the Hanko Peninsula in southern Finland.

No plans to attack Poland