UN chief calls for de-escalation after Russian strike on Ukraine – as it happened
UN secretary general Antonio Guterres's spokesperson says Russia's use of a new ballistic missile is yet another ... worrying development'. This blog is now closed
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has issued a statement on X after Vladimir Putin said Russian forces had hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipro with a new experimental mid-range ballistic missile.
The Russian leader has admitted" to taking a step toward escalating and expanding this war" by using a new ballistic missile on Ukraine, Zelenskyy wrote.
Putin struck our city of Dnipro, one of Ukraine's largest cities. This is a clear and severe escalation in the scale and brutality of this war - a cynical violation of the UN Charter by Russia.
Putin alone started this war-an entirely unprovoked war - and he is doing everything to prolong it, now for over a thousand days.
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