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The US has become a fascist state under the administration of President Joe Biden, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has claimed during an interview with American journalist Glenn Greenwald which was published on his YouTube channel on Wednesday.

Carlson stated that Washington's decision to allow Ukraine to use US-supplied ATACMS missiles to strike targets deep inside Russia is "the most evil thing I've ever seen in my lifetime" and accused the outgoing government, which he described as a "lame duck administration" of trying to "leave the next administration with a world war."

"In fact, it is our government that is the fascist state, not Russia," Carlson said.

The journalist argued that Biden's reported decision to lift restrictions for Ukraine, "a proxy state of the US," to strike Russian territory using Western long-range missiles could provoke a nuclear war.

Carlson also suggested that the "reckless" moves by Washington, which have led to casualties among Russia's civilian population, could leave Russian President Vladimir Putin with "no choice but to launch a serious response against Ukraine or some of NATO's countries or possibly the United States."

While Washington has not officially commented on the reports about Kiev being authorized to use Western long-range weapons against Russia, Moscow's Defense Ministry has since claimed that ATACMS missiles have already been used in an attack on Bryansk Region.

On Thursday, President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address that six US-made missiles were launched at Russian territory on Tuesday. Two days later, the Ukrainian military also fired British-produced Storm Shadow missiles and American HIMARS at targets located in Bryansk and Kursk Regions, he added. Following the attacks, the Ukraine conflict has "acquired elements of a global nature."

Moscow has warned that the move is a "clear sign" that the West wants to escalate the conflict, with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov calling on Western leaders to closely examine Russia's updated nuclear doctrine.

On Tuesday, Vladimir Putin officially introduced several changes to the country's rules for using nuclear weapons, which give Moscow the right to consider the use of weapons of mass destruction in response to aggression being carried out by a non-nuclear state with the support of a nuclear one. The new doctrine may also be triggered if Russia or Belarus are attacked using conventional weapons in a way that threatens their sovereignty or territorial integrity.