Putin, ascendant in Ukraine, eyes contours of a Trump peace deal 9:42 AM UTC Europecategory Ukraine fires UK Storm Shadow cruise missiles into Russia, a day after using US ATACMS 4:22 PM UTC · Updated ago Africacategory Congo opposition calls for protests against plans to reform constitution 4:29 PM UTC · Updated ago Middle Eastcategory Israeli strikes kill 33 people in Gaza;

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks Tuesday after Russia attacked a central city with an experimental, hypersonic ballistic missile that escalated the nearly 33-month-old war. The conflict is “entering a decisive phase,” Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Friday, and “taking on very dramatic dimensions.”