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.

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.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned Friday that there is a "serious and real" threat of global war after this week's major escalation in the conflict in Ukraine.

By Wojciech Kosc in Warsaw. Talking to Russian President Vladimir Putin is no replacement for actual military support for Ukraine, Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on November 17 after Russia launched yet another massive missile attack on Ukrainian infrastructure ahead of the winter.

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 war in Ukraine reaches a decisive phase as the Polish Prime Minister issues a serious warning about the approaching unknown.

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,