President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday that a Russian attack on Ukraine with a new type of ballistic missile was a "clear and severe escalation" in the war and called for strong worldwide condemnation, Paralel.Az reports citing Reuters.

"This is a clear and severe escalation in the scale and brutality of this war," Zelenskyy wrote on X, referring to a strike on the central city of Dnipro.

"The use of a ballistic missile against Ukraine today is yet more proof that Russia has no interest in peace."

"The world must respond," he wrote. "Right now, there is no strong reaction from the world."

"Putin is not only prolonging the war — he is spitting in the face of those in the world who genuinely want peace to be restored," he wrote.

"The world must respond. Right now, there is no strong reaction from the world...A lack of tough reactions to Russia’s actions sends a message that such behavior is acceptable."