NATO and Ukraine volition clasp talks successful Brussels adjacent week pursuing Russia’s test-firing of an experimental hypersonic intermediate-range missile, diplomats said Friday.
Ambassadors from NATO and Ukraine volition convene connected Tuesday successful the NATO-Ukraine Council to code the rocket onslaught connected the Ukrainian metropolis of Dnipro, officials told AFP.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the new-generation missile, which Moscow tested successful the strike, is susceptible of carrying a atomic warhead. He described the onslaught arsenic a effect to Ukraine’s usage of U.S. and U.K.-supplied long-range weapons against targets wrong Russian territory.
Putin besides issued a informing to Western nations, claiming Russia is “entitled” to people subject facilities successful countries that let Ukraine to usage their weapons against Russia.
A NATO spokesperson dismissed the value of the rocket test, stating: “Deploying this capableness volition neither alteration the people of the struggle nor deter NATO allies from supporting Ukraine.”
The United States, a starring NATO member, accused Russia of “escalating astatine each turn” successful its warfare against Ukraine, present approaching its 3rd year.
Ukraine this week fired Western-supplied long-range missiles into Russian territory for the archetypal time.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Russia had notified Washington of its hypersonic rocket motorboat via an automatic atomic de-escalation hotline, providing 30 minutes of beforehand warning.
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