BUDAPEST, November 18. /TASS/. Hungary's ruling party has condemned US President Joe Biden's decision to allow the use of US long-range weapons in Ukraine for strikes deep into Russia.

"If Ukraine carries out strikes deep into Russia using American weapons, it’s not peace we will be closer to, but a world war - a nuclear war! The situation is extremely serious! We need an immediate ceasefire and negotiations, not more weapons," Tamas Menczer, spokesman for the Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Alliance party, stated on his Facebook page (banned in Russia and owned by Meta Corporation, which is recognized as extremist in Russia).

The New York Times reported on Sunday that Biden had authorized the use of US-supplied ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles for strikes inside Russia. Biden’s decision comes just two months before he is set to vacate office, marking "a major change in US policy," the newspaper noted.

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov recalled that Moscow’s position on strikes by US missiles deep inside Russian territory was clearly stated by President Vladimir Putin in September. Peskov noted that this decision means a "qualitatively new round" of tensions.