The Kremlin has issued an initial response to widespread reports in US media saying that the Biden administration will now allow Ukraine to target Russia with US-supplied long-range missiles. Kremlin top spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that this would unleash a “significant new round of escalation” in the war if it proves true, but he also cautioned that Moscow authorities had yet to see official confirmation directly from the White House. “If such a decision has indeed been formulated and communicated to the Kyiv regime, it marks a significant escalation and a fundamentally new stage in terms of U.S. involvement in this conflict,” Peskov said. The reports center on Biden giving the greenlight for Kiev forces to deploy the Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) against targets deep in Russian territory. Peskov further reiterated that the question of Western-backed long-range strikes was “articulated extremely clearly and unambiguously” by President Vladimir Putin earlier this year. Putin had laid out in September that it would change the very nature of the conflict, and that “it would mean that NATO countries, the US, European countries, are at war with Russia.” Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky has appeared to confirm the new authorization from Washington. He said that proof will ultimately emerge on the battlefield. “Today, there’s a lot […]