By Luke Coffey

On Wednesday night, Russia launched 629 missiles and drones against dozens of targets across Ukraine, striking heavily populated cities such as Kyiv and Odesa. Video footage on social media shows one apartment building in Kyiv being hit twice in succession, killing 18 civilians, including four children.

These strikes marked the second-largest barrage since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022, but with a notable shift in focus. While residential buildings have increasingly been targeted in recent months, this latest attack damaged the EU’s delegation offices, struck the British Council’s office in Kyiv and even hit the defense factory of Baykar, the Turkish manufacturer of the Bayraktar TB2 drone.

The barrage came as Ukraine increased its own campaign of strikes

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