Urgent meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council — reasons

An emergency meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council will be held next week. Russia's use of the new Oreshnik ballistic missile will be discussed.

This was reported by AFP.

Emergency meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council

According to media reports, a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council will be held on Tuesday, November 26, at the ambassadorial level.

Sources also note that the meeting was convened by Ukraine after a Russian ballistic missile attack on the city of Dnipro.

"NATO and Ukraine will hold talks in Brussels next week over Russia's firing of an experimental medium-range hypersonic missile, diplomats said. The ambassadors to the NATO-Ukraine Council will meet on Tuesday to discuss the strike on the city of Dnipro", the report says.

On the morning of November 21, Russians launched an intercontinental ballistic missile from Astrakhan region along the Dnipro River for the first time.

In a video message, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Russian military had used an Oreshnik hypersonic missile to strike the Dnipro. He also added that "Russia will continue to test the latest weapons at targets it decides on its own".