Russia said on Tuesday that it still had an emergency hotline with the United States and the NATO military alliance to deflate crises as nuclear risks rise amid the gravest confrontation between Moscow and West since the depths of the Cold War.

Russia announced it still maintains a direct crisis hotline with the United States and NATO, as nuclear risks rise during the most intense standoff between Moscow and the West since the Cold War. The original "red phone" hotline between Moscow and Washington was set up in 1963 to prevent miscommunication after the Cuban Missile Crisis.