Ukraine and NATO to hold emergency talks as Russia vows to increase production of 'unstoppable' missile

NATO and Ukraine volition clasp exigency talks connected Tuesday aft Vladimir Putin said Russia volition ramp up the accumulation of a new, hypersonic ballistic missile.

Ukraine's parliament cancelled a league arsenic information was tightened pursuing a Russian onslaught connected Thursday connected a subject installation successful Dnipro, a cardinal metropolis with a colonisation of astir 1 million. No fatalities were reported.

In a nationally-televised speech, Mr Putin said the onslaught - carried retired with an intermediate-range Oreshnik rocket - was successful retaliation for Ukraine's usage of US and British missiles susceptible of striking deeper into Russian territory.

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"No 1 successful the satellite has specified weapons," the Russian president said. "Sooner oregon aboriginal different starring countries volition besides get them. We are alert that they are nether development."

He added: "We person this strategy now. And this is important."

Detailing the missile's alleged capabilities, Mr Putin claimed it is truthful almighty that utilizing respective fitted with accepted warheads successful 1 onslaught could beryllium arsenic devastating arsenic a onslaught with atomic weapons.

General Sergei Karakayev, caput of Russia's strategical rocket forces, said the Oreshnik could scope targets crossed Europe and beryllium fitted with either atomic oregon accepted warheads - portion Mr Putin alleged Western aerial defence systems volition not beryllium capable to halt the missiles.

Mr Putin said of the Oreshnik: "There is nary countermeasure to specified a missile, nary means of intercepting it, successful the satellite today. And I volition emphasise erstwhile again that we volition proceed investigating this newest system. It is indispensable to found serial production."

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Testing the Oreshnik volition hap "in combat, depending connected the concern and the quality of information threats created for Russia", the president added, stating determination is "a stockpile of specified systems acceptable for use".

EU leaders condemn Russia's 'heinous attacks'

Numerous EU leaders person addressed Russia's escalation of the struggle with Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk saying the warfare is "entering a decisive signifier [and] taking connected precise melodramatic dimensions".

Speaking successful Kyiv, Czech overseas curate Jan Lipavsky called Moscow's onslaught an "escalatory measurement and an effort of the Russian dictator to scare the colonisation of Ukraine and to scare the colonisation of Europe".

At a quality conference, Mr Lipavsky gave his afloat enactment for delivering the further aerial defence systems needed to support Ukrainian civilians from the "heinous attacks".