MOSCOW, November 22. /TASS/. The current US administration has grasped the full impact of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statement made the previous day, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov believes.

"We have not talked with the current [US] administration. On the other hand, yesterday's statement was very, very thorough, clear, and logical. And we have no doubt that the current administration in Washington had an opportunity to familiarize itself with this statement and understand it," Peskov told reporters.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on November 21 that the United States and its NATO allies had earlier announced that they would authorize Ukraine’s use of long-range weapons to hit inside Russia, after which American and British missiles struck Russian military facilities in the Kursk and Bryansk regions. He said that Russia responded to those attacks by firing Russia's newest Oreshnik hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile with a non-nuclear warhead at a Ukrainian defense industry facility, the Yuzhmash plant in Dnepr (formerly Dnepropetrovsk). The Russian leader emphasized that the West's provocative policies could have dire consequences if they further escalate the conflict.