Ukraine received no early warning from its partners about a Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv in which five missiles hit civilian infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday in a post on X. Zelenskyy characterized the barrage on the capital as "particularly vile," and emphasized that receiving intelligence from Ukraine's partners on such ballistic missile attacks "helps save lives, and this is one of the most critical issues." "This is precisely what helps prevent people from being killed - when there is an early warning about ballistic missiles," he wrote.

He did not apportion blame for the lack of warning.

Russia's war in Ukraine hasn't seen major shifts on the ground since last year, but Ukraine is struggling to fend off Moscow's intensified aerial attacks on cities that include speedy ballistic missiles and high-flying jet-powered drones.