Ambassadors from NATO and Ukraine are meeting in Brussels, to discuss Russia's use of a new hypersonic missile which hit Ukraine's Dnipro region last week.
President Vladimir Putin said it was a response to Ukraine firing American and British weapons into Russia for the first time. Correspondent Will Denselow is in Brussels.
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President Vladimir Putin said it was a response to Ukraine firing American and British weapons into Russia for the first time. Correspondent Will Denselow is in Brussels.
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00:00Officials in Kiev have reportedly called for concrete and meaningful outcomes.
00:05We've also heard a series of social media messages from Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky in recent days.
00:12He's called for more air defences, calling for Ukraine's allies to supply them.
00:18He says that he is currently working with partners on that issue.
00:22He says that the priority for protecting Ukraine's skies is absolutely critical.
00:29And in a separate social media post, he says that it's paramount that allies do more to enforce the sanctions already in place on Moscow.
00:39Now, when it comes to the substance of this meeting, well, we've heard...
00:43I've spoken to a NATO official that says that this was a meeting requested by Ukraine.
00:49It will be held at an ambassadorial level.
00:52And essentially, this official, without going into detail, says that this is an opportunity to discuss the current security situation on the ground.
01:01Vladimir Putin has threatened to hit military facilities in countries that allow Ukraine to use their weapons against Russia.
01:10Is NATO worried?
01:17Well, Jamie, Mark Rutte, the NATO Secretary General, is in Greece for meetings with the Greek Prime Minister.
01:25Now, in a brief news conference, Mark Rutte didn't really comment on the use of long-range missiles.
01:33He has, in the past, expressed the support for these types of weapons to be used.
01:38But he did mention what is being described by some as the growing internationalisation of this conflict,
01:46citing the likes of North Korean weapons and soldiers in this fight, Iranian drones, as well as dual-use goods coming from China,
01:55of course, something that has been reputed by Beijing.
01:58Mark Rutte is saying that these escalations, as he puts it, marks a dangerous expansion and challenge to peace and security.
02:07He says that allies have essentially kept Ukraine in this fight,
02:10but he says that more is still needed to, as he says it, change the trajectory in this war.
02:16He says that means more air defences, more finances for Ukraine, as well as a clear path to NATO for Ukraine in the future.
02:26There are, though, some grumblings among some members of the European Parliament, for example, in Brussels about the trajectory of this conflict.
02:35Some, especially on the right, are calling for a de-escalation, warning that an escalation could bring with it more economic and loss of life going forward.
02:44So the mood from Brussels is certainly not unified going forward.