WASHINGTON, November 20. /TASS/. US President Joe Biden's decision to allow Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles may threaten to kill Americans themselves, American journalist Tucker Carlson said.
"A lame duck president just started a hot war with the world's most dangerous country. All of us are very close to being killed," Carlson wrote on his X page, commenting on a video posted by another social network user about the start of production in Russia of mobile shelters developed by the All-Russian Research Institute for Civil Defense and Emergencies under the Emergencies Ministry.
Carlson also criticized US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson (a Republican representing the state of Louisiana) for "not even mentioning it in public or in leadership meetings" with factions in the lower house of Congress.
According to the All-Russian Research Institute for Civil Defense and Emergencies, the mobile shelter is a multifunctional structure that provides protection from various threats, including natural disasters and man-made accidents. For example, the website states that the KUB-M mobile shelter, developed by the research institute's specialists, is capable of providing protection against air blast, radiation and radioactive contamination of the area within 48 hours.
The New York Times reported on November 17, citing sources, that US President Joe Biden had authorized the use of US-supplied ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles for strikes inside Russia. France’s Le Figaro newspaper, in turn, said that Paris and London had granted similar permission for the use of their SCALP and Storm Shadow missiles, respectively. The newspaper later removed the article from its website without explanation. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot stated that Paris had not changed its stance on strikes deep inside Russia. The German government confirmed that the United States had informed Berlin of the decision to authorize strikes inside Russia.
Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell confirmed that the US administration had lifted restrictions for US-supplied missiles to be used for strikes up to 300 kilometers inside Russia. He noted that the issue had been discussed at an EU foreign ministers’ meeting but the parties had failed to come to a consensus on lifting the restrictions, ruling that every member state would decide for itself.
Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov recalled that Moscow’s position on the Ukrainian strikes by US missiles deep into Russian territory was clearly and unambiguously formulated by Russian President Vladimir Putin in September. According to him, this decision means a "qualitatively new round of escalation of tensions."