At least 25 people have died as a result of a string of Russian airstrikes on Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv.
Officials reported that 23 individuals, including four children, were killed in an attack on a building housing apartments in the city of Uman.
Additionally, the mayor of the city of Dnipro reported the deaths of a woman and her three-year-old daughter.
The Ukrainian army reserve units were the target of the strikes, according to the Russian ministry of defence.
According to the state-run RIA news agency, Russia fired highly accurate weaponry on Friday while aiming for the reserve units.
An apartment building of nine stories that was damaged by a missile in Uman, a town that has been mostly spared by Russian bombing, partially collapsed.
35-year-old Oleksander lives inOleksander, a 35-year-old inhabitant of the block, claimed that a loud explosion had awakened him.
"I was unable to comprehend what was taking place. When I went to the balcony, I saw glass all around. It was awful," he said to the BBC.
"Russia is a state that sponsors terrorism. As you can see, there is no weaponry present. And it occurred while others were sleeping at four in the morning.
Vanda, a 60-year-old resident, claimed that she heard an explosion and that "everything shook" in the area.
"We looked for methods to get out of the structure. In the flat next to ours, a child's screams could be heard. We desired to assist others. Everywhere, she said, was filled with smoke and fire.
Peaceful people were simply dozing off.
According to Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine, the apartment complex was one of 10 residential structures in Uman that sustained damage.
The city's deceased child, according to the state rescue agency, was born in 2013, and 11 additional persons required hospitalisation.
According to Mr. Zelensky, the strikes demonstrated the need for additional international action against Russia.
"Weapons can stop evil; our defenders are doing it. And sanctions can stop it; they must be strengthened globally, he added in a tweet.
It was the first Russian missile attack on the nation's capital in 51 days, according to the head of the city's military administration in Kyiv.
No reports of civilian casualties in the nation's capital are currently available.
Twenty-one missiles out of 23 and two attack drones
According to a post on the messaging app Telegram, drones were shot down by Ukraine's air defence system.
Seven persons were killed in the separatist-run city of Donetsk, according to the city's newly-installed Russian mayor, after Ukrainian artillery munitions struck a minibus. The report couldn't be immediately verified by BBC News.
With additional weapons, including tanks sent by Western partners, Ukrainian forces claim they are prepared to launch a military onslaught at the time of the attacks.
Oleksii Reznikov, the defence minister of Ukraine, said at an online press briefing on Friday, "We will do it as soon as there is God's will, the weather, and a decision by commanders.
In its winter offensive, which has included a 10-month struggle for control of the crucial city, Russia has found it difficult to advance.
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