Ukraine parliament cancels session over Russia missile strike threat

President Zelenskyy condemns Russia’s use of new hypersonic missile, which Kremlin says was a warning to the West.

Ukraine’s parliament has cancelled its session, lawmakers say, citing the risk of a Russian missile attack on the capital as the Kremlin said a hypersonic missile strike in Dnipro was a warning to the West.

The closing of parliament on Friday followed a decision by several foreign embassies to temporarily shut operations over the threat of a strike on Kyiv.

“There was also a recommendation to limit the work of all commercial offices and NGOs that remain in that perimeter, and local residents were warned of the increased threat,” MP Mykyta Poturaiev said.

Another member of parliament, Oleksiy Goncharenko, described the decision as “ridiculous”, saying it only “created even more panic” in Kyiv and played into the hands of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s spokesperson told journalists that the presidential office was working as usual.