Europe is closer war than it has been in 30 years, Poland’s foreign minister warned during the third round of tact this week pointed toward stopping strains over Russia’s demand that Ukraine never be allowed to join NATO.

Addressing to envoys from the 57 individuals from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Zbigniew Rau didn’t name Russia, yet recorded a series of contentions wherein Moscow’s inclusion has been claimed.

“It appears to be that the danger of battle in the OSCE region is presently more noteworthy than any time in recent memory over the most recent 30 years,” Rau said in a discourse illustrating his country’s priorities as it holds the OSCE’s rotating chairmanship this year.

“For a considerable length of time we have been confronted with the possibility of a significant military escalation in Eastern Europe.”

Poland is among the NATO members that are generally hawkish in standing up to what it sees as Russia’s revisionist ambitions in Eastern Europe.

“We should zero in on a tranquil goal of the contention in and around Ukraine,” Rau added, calling for “full regard of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and unity of Ukraine inside its universally perceived borders”.

Russia has conveyed in excess of 100,000 soldiers close to its boundaries with Ukraine, which is now engaging Moscow-backed separatists in its east. Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea region in 2014.

Thursday’s discussions in Vienna will be the primary this week wherein Ukraine will be addressed, and there just on a low, ambassadorial level. Ministerial talks among Russia and the U.S. in Geneva on Tuesday and among Russia and NATO in Brussels on Wednesday neglected to yield clear advancement.

The Kremlin on Thursday gave a depressing appraisal of Russia’s security converses with the United States and NATO this week, portraying them as “unsuccessful” and saying there was conflict on fundamental issues.