Russia still denies attacking civilians, but evidence on the streets of Ukraine and its capital suggests otherwise.
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The strict 35-hour curfew imposed on the Ukrainian capital did nothing to stop the strikes against its residents.
They were woken early once again with more missile strikes tearing into the city.
This has gone on for days now. CCTV captured the impact of one substantial strike and another less than a minute later against two targets in Kyiv.
One took the top floors off a high-rise apartment block, sending its remaining residents scurrying to safety as fire swept through sections.
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Residential building damaged by Russian shelling
Russia continues to deny it's targeting civilians but the evidence on the streets of Ukraine and its capital city, suggests otherwise.
There may be hints of a breakthrough in the peace negotiations but it's not being translated into anything other than sheer terror on the ground.
The Chief of Staff in the President's Office, Andrey Yermak told Sky News there are certain red lines the Ukrainians are not prepared to cross and seemed to suggest relinquishing territory like Donbass was one of them - something not up for negotiation.
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The Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the so-called Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics in eastern Ukraine as independent just before he began his military offensive.
"We don't discuss our freedom, our independence, our territorial integrity, our sovereignty," Mr Yermak told us.
"All other issues, we can sit and discuss… and my president is ready to sit any day, any places… in any place.
"But you're not prepared to give up any territory," I asked him.
"No," came the reply.
That may prove the toughest sticking point for both parties, especially as the Ukrainian President, his staff and the people have faced three weeks of terrifying military attacks which have women, children, and elderly people as well as the country's soldiers.
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As the city's Mayor Vitali Klitschko so succinctly put it: "We did not invade anyone but our women, children and men are being ."
There's growing anger and resentment at the idea that the aggressor may somehow be "rewarded"' with territory in return for his ly attacks.
The mayor believes events have reached a dangerous and difficult point - and he said the curfew was imposed because they're concerned about increased Russian activity in the capital over the next few d
