Kremlin: Stay Calm, but New North Korea Missile Test a Provocative Act

Kremlin: Stay Calm, but New North Korea Missile Test a Provocative Act
A man watches a television news screen showing a picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un delivering a statement in Pyongyang, at a railway station in Seoul on September 22, 2017. JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images
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MOSCOW—The latest test of a new North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a provocative act, Russia said on Wednesday, calling on all sides involved to stay calm to avoid a clash.

North Korea said it successfully tested a powerful new ICBM on Wednesday that put the entire U.S. mainland within range of its nuclear weapons. The latest test was the highest and longest any North Korean missile had flown, landing in the sea near Japan.