According to information obtained by AFP, NATO countries' ambassadors are to meet within the framework of the military alliance's Ukraine Council next week. It is within this council that NATO's support to Ukraine is coordinated with its government.
It is believed to have been a newly developed ballistic missile with nuclear capability that struck the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. Ukraine initially spoke of an attack with an intercontinental missile, but it appears to have been a new variant with a slightly shorter interregional range.
It is the second time they escalate the war this year. Now they used a (ballistic) missile. We are working on developing our air defense, says Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umjerov to TT at a press conference.
According to Umjerov, the first escalation involved North Korean soldiers who are now fighting on the Russian side.
The missile struck a residential building and caused a fire, without any fatalities. The use is seen as an escalation in light of Russia having adopted a new nuclear doctrine where the threshold for using nuclear weapons has been lowered.
President Vladimir Putin, who rarely comments on the war developments, held a speech on Thursday evening where he said that Russia feels "justified" in directing attacks against countries that provide advanced weapons to Ukraine with permission to direct them against Russia.
The day before, Ukraine fired advanced American and British missiles across the border for the first time.
