 Russian envoy warns of possible clash with the United States. Russian ambassador to the United States Anatoliy Antonov has said that Moscow-Washington ties are entering ice age and there is a high risk of the clashes between the two countries. Antonov made remarks in an interview with Moscow-based TAS news agency on Friday, following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's Washington trip this week. Strictly speaking, today it's difficult to say when this dialogue, a dialogue on strategic stability, can be resumed. We did not freeze it. We did not declare a proxy war against the United States. We did not throw the entire NATO military-industrial machinery into Ukrainian territory to fight the Russian Federation, Antonov said. However, the ambassador's dress set, although Washington shows no willingness to fight diplomatic solutions in order to normalize the ties, it also does not want a complete breakup. U.S. understand the consequences of excessively drastic steps, according to Antonov. The ambassador claims that White House need this communication channel with Russia to solve other emerging problems, including, for example, prisoner swaps. Kremlin on Thursday accused Washington of carrying out a proxy war against Russia. The statement comes after the United States announced its plans to provide $1.85 billion worth of military equipment to Ukraine. On top of the eight package worth $50 billion already sent to Kyiv this year, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the military aid to Ukraine was not conducive to its spirit settlement of the conflict and cannot prevent Russia from achieving its goals in its war in Ukraine.