Russia says US-NATO relations are 'unhealthy'

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has publicly commented on the state of the NATO alliance, describing relations between the United States and NATO as 'unhealthy and traumatic'. This statement comes amid ongoing public criticism of NATO by President Donald Trump and European contingency planning for a potential US withdrawal. Zakharova's remarks represent a direct Russian assessment of the internal tensions within the Western military alliance.