MOSCOW, November 21. /TASS/. The decision by the US and its NATO allies to allow using longer-range missiles for strikes on Russia continued their policy of escalation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised statement.

"Continuing the policy of escalation, the US and its NATO allies earlier announced that they authorized strikes with long-range precision weapons on the territory of the Russian Federation," he said. "Experts are well aware - and the Russian side has repeatedly underscored this - that it is impossible to use these weapons without direct participation of military specialists from the countries that produce these weapons."