NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks Tuesday, Nov. 26 following Russia’s Nov. 21 attack on a “central city with an experimental, hypersonic ballistic missile that escalated the nearly 33-month-old war,” AP reported yesterday. The conflict is “entering a decisive phase,” Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Nov. 22, and “taking on very dramatic dimensions.”
According to the same AP report, Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orbán “echoed Moscow’s talking points” in suggesting the use of U.S.-supplied weapons in Ukraine likely requires direct American involvement. “These are rockets that are fired and then guided to a target via an electronic system, which requires the world’s most advanced technology and satellite communications capability,” Orbán said on state radio. “There is a strong assumption … that these missiles cannot be guided without the assistance of American personnel.”
Orbán cautioned against underestimating Russia’s responses, emphasizing that the country’s recent modifications to its nuclear deployment doctrine should not be dismissed as a “bluff.” “It’s not a trick … there will be consequences,” he said.
