NATO leaders and Ukraine are set to meet this week in the wake of Russia’s Oreshnik missile strike, which many see as the latest escalation in the war.
Russia promised to continue testing its new ballistic missile on the battlefield as NATO leaders rushed to arrange an emergency meeting with Ukraine for Tuesday following the Kremlin’s debut of it latest weapon.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that Moscow had additional stockpiles of its new Oreshnik missile used to strike a military facility in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro this week.
“We will continue these tests, including in combat conditions, depending on the situation and the nature of the security threats that are created for Russia,” Putin said in televised comments.
“Moreover, we have a stock of such products, a stock of such systems ready for use.”
Moscow said Thursday’s hair-raising attack was retaliation over a pair of attacks Ukraine carried out earlier in the week, using long-range US and British-made missiles. Kyiv pleaded for months for approval from its Western allies to launch the weapons directly into Russia, while US leaders feared it would escalate the conflict.
