NATO says new Russian missile will not alter course of Ukraine war

A hoisting crane removes a large fragment of a downed Russian hypersonic missile Zircon, after it struck a five-storey residential building in Kyiv on November 17, 2024. (AFP/File)

BRUSSELS: The experimental hypersonic intermediate-range missile Russia fired at Ukraine will not affect the course of the war nor NATO’s backing for Kyiv, a spokesperson for the US-led defense alliance said on Thursday.
“Deploying this capability will neither change the course of the conflict nor deter NATO Allies from supporting Ukraine,” said spokesperson Farah Dakhlallah, calling the launch “yet another example of Russia’s attacks against Ukrainian cities.”