Notably, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which escalated in February 2022 with Russia's full-scale invasion, has resulted in thousands of civilian deaths. Moscow continues to deny intentionally targeting civilians,

Russia has struck Kyiv with a sophisticated missile and drone attack for the first time in 73 days KYIV, Ukraine — Russia struck Kyiv with a sophisticated missile and drone attack for the first time in 73 days on Wednesday morning and damage is still being assessed,

The attack ended a two-month pause in missile strikes on Kyiv, which had only been hit by Russian drones during that period.

Ukrainian air defences intercepted some of the missiles and drones after Moscow struck Kyiv and several other regions in the country on Wednesday.