Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov told Reuters that Russia is determined to "live peacefully," but "in a situation where the West, led by the United States, provokes a war, we must be ready." He stressed that in the third year of the special operation, Russia continues to feel confident and is capable of producing a sufficient number of weapons. He accused the United States of waging war with someone else's hands, fanning the "fire" of the conflict and being interested in as many Slavs as possible dying on the battlefield. "The further we go, the greater the risk that the world will be drawn into a global conflict. It seems strange, but Western countries seem to not understand what this means for them," Chemezov believes.