NATO and Ukraine will hold talks in Brussels next week following Russias test-firing of an experimental hypersonic intermediate-range missile, diplomats said Friday.Ambassadors from NATO and Ukraine will convene on Tuesday in the NATO-Ukraine Council to address the missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, officials told AFP.Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the new-generation missile, which Moscow tested in the strike, is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.
He described the attack as a response to Ukraines use of United States and U.K.-supplied long-range weapons against targets inside Russian territory.Putin also issued a warning to Western nations, claiming Russia is entitled to target military facilities in countries that allow Ukraine to use their weapons against Russia.A NATO spokesperson dismissed the significance of the missile test, stating: Deploying this capability will neither change the course of the conflict nor deter NATO allies from supporting Ukraine.The United States, a leading NATO member, accused Russia of escalating at every turn in its war against Ukraine, now approaching its third year.Ukraine this week fired Western-supplied long-range missiles into Russian territory for the first time.Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Russia had notified Washington of its hypersonic missile launch via an automatic nuclear de-escalation hotline, providing 30 minutes of advance warning.