Putin Threatens Kyiv With New Hypersonic Missile

This is not true—the United States is not considering giving nuclear weapons to Ukraine."

A spokesperson for the National Security Council at the White House told Newsweek

In theory the U.S. could station U.S. nuclear weapons in Ukraine and maintain command authority of them, like it does in several NATO member states,

Taylor said

U.S. nuclear weapons were never in Ukraine, so how could they be returned?"

MacFarlane added

Bill Clintonformer President

I feel a personal stake because I got them [Ukraine] to agree to give up their nuclear weapons,

Clinton told Irish broadcaster RTÉ in 2003.

NATO countries are not at war. People are all alive in NATO countries. And thank God. That is why we choose NATO. Not nuclear weapons."

He added

Dmitry Peskovkremlin spokesman

[Russian President Vladimir] Putin had warned that the authorization to use U.S. and other foreign-made missiles was an irresponsible and escalatory step,

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters

And if these missiles are used, there will be an appropriate response every time,

he added

Mao Ning (diplomat)chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson

China is paying close attention to the nuclear risks triggered by the Ukraine crisis and has reiterated time and again that nuclear weapons should not be used and nuclear war must not be fought,

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said during Thursday's regular press conference

The question of escalation risk persistently lingers over this discussion. Unhelpfully, this has become stuck in a debate over whether any such weapon employment would lead to a nuclear response, which it certainly will not,

Jack Watling, senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), wrote in a commentary last week

Mao Ning (diplomat)chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson

Under the current circumstances, all parties need to remain calm and exercise restraint,

Mao said

The aim is to kill rescue workers, medical personnel and anyone responding to help,

Väli explained

Ukraine has been resisting Russia for 1,010 days and its defence remains unbroken, despite all difficulties,

he said

Atlas is part of the Russian military-industrial complex that supplies petroleum products to the Russian army,

Ukraine's military said on the Telegram messaging service

Complete support and solidarity with the fighting Russian army and people."

As Belousov arrived in Pyongyang, North Korean military officials were seen clapping under a banner that read

Angela Merkelformer german Chancellor

Russia must not win this war,

Merkel stressed in an interview with German broadcaster ZDF

I support everything the international community is doing to put Ukraine in a good position,

she said

German Galushchenkoukrainian Energy Minister

Energy infrastructure is once again targeted by the enemy’s massive strike,

Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko wrote on Facebook

We expect those countries that have urged everyone to avert the expansion of the war to react to the statements voiced by Putin today,

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi said

The enemy is using a large number of missiles and drones. Their massive use in certain areas often exceeds the number of means of [air defense] cover,

the air force said in a statement

We are now in the situation when we need more equipment to arm all the people that have already been mobilized, and we think the first priority is to send quicker, faster military aid,

Tykhyi, the spokesperson for Ukraine’s foreign ministry, told reporters in Kyiv