Russian air strikes become more beneficial and greater, and hit the heart of Ukraine

Ukraine showed correspondents of parts of the missile, which he says is hitting a major government building in Kiev this week, as it was determined as the Russian Escander Rent missile.

Officials here now believe that the building was deliberately struck in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Vladimir Putin’s response to Donald Trump’s efforts was a clear escalation in Russian attacks.

But they only target the Ukrainian capital.

In the eastern Donbas region, more than 20 civilians were killed by a Russian sliding bomb on Tuesday while they were queue to collect their pensions.

Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the strike on the village of Yarova as “Savage” and once again called on Ukraine’s allies to increase pressure on Moscow through sanctions.

His office said that some of the components of American and European weapons still arrive in Russia, including the ISKANDER missile. Moscow has already replaced the rest with its own production.

“Strong measures are needed to make Russia stop death,” said the President of Ukraine.

Our team was filming on Sunday morning during the air strike on the center of Kiev and seized the moment the cabinet was beaten. The photos appear to show a direct blow: a rocket sliding suddenly down, just before the explosion.

There is no indication of his objection by air defenses.

When we were allowed to enter the vast building that dates back to the Soviet era to see the damage, the smell of burning intensified with our climbing towards the upper floor.

The ceiling was detonated and part of the walls in the damaged area and there is a hole in the ground.

Everywhere, the cut cables hang from the remainder of any ceiling.

The missile – full of more than 100 kg (220 pounds) of explosives – has not exploded – and thus the damage is limited to three floors. But it is still important.

We have seen fragments of this missile, which is now collected as a guide: deformed metal pieces, some with the serial letters on them, gathered in a pile.

Arms experts who we consulted agree that it appears to be a Russian flight missile and say the damage is compatible with the amazing but unpopular Alexander.

“Sometimes the valves do not work and the missiles do not explode.

“I think it hit the building,” the military analyst Oleksandr Musiienko confirmed here in Kyiv.

“This missile has a high speed and a low height. It is really difficult to see it on the radar. Of course, we do not have enough air defense systems like patriots (Americans), for example, which we can use to drop.”

In KYIV, the increase in the early morning attacks: it has grown more frequently – but more importantly it is larger in size. Russia is now launching hundreds of drones at one time, and deliberately drained Ukraine resources.

For this reason, Zelensky is constantly calling for more missiles: to a person far from Kyiv, it may seem stuck in repetition. But for people here it may be the difference between life and death.

Russia’s strikes are not only symbolic, on empty government buildings. They regularly hit people’s homes, as we saw again this week.

“Sometimes a lot of these drones are Afkhar – without explosives – just to weaken our air defense systems,” Musiienko explained.

“We have never seen such attacks in our history. Of course, it is a threat.”

Closer to the confrontation line, the tactics are different: deadly deadly bombs reach almost without warning.

In Yarova, those who killed this time were the elderly. They are the most frequent or less able people to leave their homes, even as the fighting approaches again. The Russians occupied the village at the beginning of the comprehensive invasion in 2022, and then the Ukrainian forces liberated it at a later time.

At least 24 people have survived everything that he died now.

Pictures of the scene show their bodies on the ground and a broken post office truck that was offering pensions. It was parked under a tree to cover, hoping not to see it – but the bomb was hit anyway.

Ukraine Foreign Minister Andrei Sibha described it as “barbarian” by Russia and a “heinous crime” against the people and the region that Putin claimed that saving was needed when he ordered the invasion.

“We urge the world to speak and act immediately,” said Sibha.

But Ukraine wants more than condemnation. It still calls for action against the Russian economy and the defense sector there.

President Zelinski’s advisor, Vladislav Flasiok, told me that the penalties imposed so far make a difference.

He said that the Ukrainian teams are studying the remains of missiles and drones launched by Russia since 2022, and the percentage of western components has shrunk.

But it was not eliminated.

“There are fewer western parts, and this is a good thing,” explained by Mr. Flasyuk. “But the bad thing is that the number of Russian parts has increased, which means that Russia produces things they could not do before, including fine chips.”

He said that increasing cooperation with China in the production of drones made it more difficult to disturb.

This may be what enabled Russia to hit the main government building in Kiev for the first time – in the most guarded quarter in this city.

“It is frightening to strike the center,” Alauna said on Tuesday, and he pushed her child in an unprecedented stroller.

Her husband added, “There were always drones here.” “They are used to fly in the sky of the area, and now they can hit.”