WASHINGTON, December 13. /TASS/. US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby did not comment on US President-elect Donald Trump's remarks criticizing outgoing President Joe Biden's decision to allow strikes deep into Russia with US-made missiles.
"I will not get into a back and forth with the president-elect and what he's saying in the media space," Kirby told reporters. He added, however, that Biden's decisions on aid to Kiev are aimed at ensuring the most favorable position for Kiev in possible future negotiations.
Earlier, Trump criticized Biden's decision to strike Russia with US-made missiles in an interview with Time magazine.
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.