Putin is 'testing' the West after using a new ballistic missile against Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned.

The weapon is a new intermediate-range missile based on Russia’s existing RS-26 Rubezh intercontinental ballistic missile

BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg assesses the Russian leader's next move.

NATO-Ukraine emergency talks on missile threat; Russian drones strike Sumy; Czech FM visits Kyiv; parliament session cancelled due to threat.

Valery Zaluzhny made the comments after reports emerged that around 10,000 troops had been sent by Pyongyang to fight alongside Russian soldiers in the Kursk region.

Aleksander Vucic's ominous comment comes after Ukraine carried out its first strike on Russian territory with a US-supplied long-range missile on Tuesday

Putin revealed yesterday's strike on Ukraine was conducted by the 'Oreshnik' - a never-before-seen intermediate-range ballistic missile (IBRM) - that flies 10 times the speed of sound

NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks Tuesday after Russia attacked a central city with an experimental, hypersonic ballistic missile that escalated the nearly 33-month-old war. The conflict is “entering a decisive phase,” Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Friday, and “taking on very dramatic dimensions.” Ukraine’s parliament canceled a session as security was tightened following Thursday's Russian strike on a military facility in the city of Dnipro.

Vladimir Putin has said Russia will ramp up production of the new “unstoppable” hypersonic ballistic missile it fired at Ukraine on Thursday.

Donald Tusk says war is entering ‘decisive phase’ and ‘the unknown is approaching’

Ukraine's President Zelensky has urged a "serious response" to Moscow's use of its Oreshnik ballistic missile

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has promised a 'serious response' to Russia's decision to test fire new hypersonic missiles on Ukraine.

The West is facing its “most serious and dangerous challenge” since the Second World War, a former US military chief has said.

Putin announces Russia's continued testing of the Oreshnik hypersonic missile in combat, with a stockpile ready for use.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has gloatingly told state TV that he will continue to deploy his military's new hypersonic missiles, prompting an emergency meeting of NATO states.

The UK will reportedly “set out plans” to boost defence spending to 2.5% of national income next spring as tensions with Russia continue to rise.

Russia made its loudest threat yet of nuclear war, as Western powers bolstered Ukraine's arsenal.

Tensions are continuing to rise in Ukraine, raising concerns the nearly three-year-long war will become a global conflict.