The emergency meeting It comes in response to Russia’s attack carried out, for the first time, by an intercontinental ballistic missile. Following the launch, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned: “After the long-range attacks from Ukraine, a regional conflict acquired elements of a global one”
The emergency meeting between NATO and Ukraine
Ukraine requested this Friday to NATO an emergency meeting in response to the launch the day before of the new ballistic missile’Oreshnik‘ on the part of Russia. The emergency meeting was confirmed by NATO and will take place next Tuesday at your Brussels headquarters.
After the Russian attack, the Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tuskassured in Warsaw that “the threat of global conflict is serious and real“, while his German counterpart, Olaf Scholzdescribed as “horrible climbing“Moscow’s launch of a new hypersonic missile.
Beyond the intimidation coming from Moscow, NATO signed that the launch of a first experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile by Russia against Ukraine “will not deter“to the allies in their efforts to continue supporting kyiv. “The deployment of this capability will not change the course of the conflict nor will it deter NATO allies from supporting Ukraine”said Alliance spokesperson Farah Dakhlallah.
“Russia intends to terrorize the civilian population of Ukraine and intimidate those who support Ukraine in its defense against Russia’s illegal and unprovoked aggression”, he concluded.
War in Ukraine: Vladimir Putin warned that the conflict became “global” and could attack other countries
The emergency meeting between NATO and Ukraine arises in response to the bombing of a Ukrainian military facility with medium-range ballistic missiles in response to the Ukrainian attacks with Western weapons – ATCAMS – that it received in recent days. Putin warned that could attack other countries if they help Ukraine.
“After the long-range attacks in Ukraine, a regional conflict acquired elements of a global one,” Putin said in television statements and warned that Russia is “ready” to respond to any aggression.
At the beginning of the week, Ukraine launched US and British medium- and long-range missiles against Russian territory. After this, kyiv denounced that Russia fired an intercontinental missile against the city of Dnipro, but Western officials doubted this, something that was finally confirmed by the top Russian leader.
“We consider ourselves with right to use our weapons against military installations of those countries that allow their weapons to be used against our installations”, Putin justified in television statements and promised that Russia “will respond with equal determination” if they insist with a “escalation of aggressive actions”.
In this line of showing military strength, the Russian president stated that “our air defense systems They repelled those attacks”. In contrast, Americans using Ukraine would not be able to intercept Russian missiles, Putin said. However, he anticipated that before new attacks on Ukraine They will notify in time so that civilians can evacuate, just as Israel does in the Middle East.
Source: Ambito
