Kremlin warns US over missile decision
China DailyUpdated: 2024-11-19 10:10 Kyiv residents shelter at a subway station amid a Russian airstrike on Sunday. TANYA DZAFAROWA VIA GETTY IMAGES WASHINGTON — The Kremlin said on Monday that any US decision to allow Ukraine to fire US missiles deep into Russia would mean it was directly involved in the conflict, which it accused Joe Biden's administration of escalating. When asked about reports by The New York Times and Reuters that Biden's administration had made the decision on long-range strikes, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the reports were not based on any official statement. The move comes before US President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan 20 and follows months of pleas by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to allow Ukraine's military to use US weapons to hit Russian military targets far from its border. Vladimir Dzhabarov, first deputy head of the Russian upper house's international affairs committee, said Washington's decision could lead to "World War III".