Recent events show that there is a real risk of a global conflict breaking out, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Friday, after Russia fired a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile at a Ukrainian city.

The war in Ukraine is entering a “decisive phase”, with Vladimir Putin’s launch of a new ballistic missile showing that the threat of global conflict is “serious and real”, Poland’s prime minister has said.

The war in Ukraine has reached a "decisive phase," and the latest events demonstrate the real threat of a "global conflict," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Nov. 22. Tusk's comments came in the wake of Russia's attack on Dnipro a day earlier,

The risk of a global conflict is real following Russia's launch of a hypersonic ballistic missile targeting Dnipro, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says, according to Reuters. "The war in the east is entering a decisive phase,