Stephen Chung, communications director for US presidential election winner Donald Trump’s transition team, said as US leader Joe Biden authorized Ukraine’s use of long-range weapons to strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation, that only Trump could bring both sides of the conflict to the negotiating table.

“As President Trump said on the campaign trail, he is the only person who can bring the parties together to negotiate peace and work to end war and massacres,” Chung said in a comment to CNN.

According to the network, a representative of the Trump transition team did not respond to CNN’s questions about whether Trump and his future national security advisers were informed in advance of the decision by US authorities.

Chung added that official statements on this issue will come from Trump himself or his authorized representatives.

Earlier, the New York Times newspaper, citing anonymous representatives of the American administration, reported that the American president Joe Biden for the first time authorized Ukraine’s use of long-range American missiles for strikes on Russian territory. According to sources, the first deep strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation are likely to be carried out using ATACMS missiles. France and Great Britain also authorized Ukraine to strike the territory of the Russian Federation with their long-range weapons, the Figaro newspaper claims.