Ukraine convenes emergency meeting with NATO over Russia's new ballistic missile attack

AFP reported the information, citing officials.

"NATO and Ukraine will hold talks next week in Brussels over Russia's firing of an experimental hypersonic intermediate-range missile," the diplomats said.

The meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council on Tuesday will be held at the ambassadorial level. It was convened by Kyiv following the attack on the city of Dnipro, according to officials.

Russia's launch of intercontinental ballistic missile

On November 21, Russian forces launched an intercontinental ballistic missile, along with Kinzhal and Kh-101 missiles, at Ukraine. Ukrainian air defense destroyed six targets.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin says that Russia tested a medium-range Oreshnik ballistic missile during an attack on Ukraine's Dnipro on November 21.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia had taken the second step toward escalation with the use of the Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile, the first being the involvement of the DPRK military.