MOSCOW, November 22. /TASS/. As the outgoing US administration continues to pursue a reckless escalation in the Ukraine conflict, the Kremlin would prefer that Washington heed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent warnings about the use of Western-made weapons against Russia, the president said. presidential spokesperson, Dmitri Peskov.

“We would, of course, like Washington to take note of the statements made a few months ago by the Russian president in St. Petersburg, where he detailed our position on allowing the use of these foreign-made missiles <…> (for strikes) on Russian territory,” Peskov said. “We can see that the outgoing administration chose to follow the path of escalation and did so. (There was) a pretty reckless escalation,” he told reporters.

Putin earlier stressed that the Ukrainian military was incapable of firing the latest Western-made long-range missiles on its own without the support of NATO satellites and the participation of the bloc’s military.

According to Putin, such a decision would mean “nothing other than direct involvement of NATO, the United States and European countries in the war in Ukraine.” At the same time, such “direct involvement would radically change the nature and character of the conflict”, and Russia “will make corresponding decisions, depending on the threats” imposed on it, the Russian leader stressed.