Ukraine has shown reporters fragments of the missile it says hit a key government building in Kyiv this weekend, identifying it as a Russian Iskander cruise missile.
Officials here now believe the building was struck deliberately in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Vladimir Putin's response to Donald Trump's peace efforts has been a clear escalation in Russian attacks. However, these strikes do not solely focus on the Ukrainian capital.
In the eastern Donbas region, more than 20 civilians were killed by a Russian glide bomb on Tuesday as they queued to collect their pensions. Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the strike on the village of Yarova as savage and reiterated calls for Ukraine's allies to increase pressure on Moscow through sanctions.
Zelensky’s office reported that some US and European weapon components are still reaching Russia, including for the Iskander missile, but Moscow has been working to substitute the rest with domestically produced parts.
Strong actions are needed to make Russia stop bringing death, Ukraine's president wrote.
The missile that struck the cabinet of ministers was laden with over 100kg of explosives but did not detonate entirely, limiting damage to three floors of the building. Nevertheless, the symbolic hit represents a worrying trend of increasingly aggressive tactics from Moscow.
As aerial assaults intensify, the situation for many Ukrainians grows dire. The emphasis from Zelensky and his advisors is clear: without urgent international assistance, both in military and sanctions, the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine is poised to worsen.
Images from the site show the aftermath of the missile strike, with journalists documenting significant structural damage and the chaos that follows such attacks.
The growing frequency of these early morning assaults indicates a shift in Russia's strategy, marked by attacks on populated areas rather than just military targets.
The ongoing conflict marks a critical juncture for global audiences to reckon with the realities on the ground in Ukraine.
