Russia has claimed a "non-functioning" shopping centre it attacked in Kyiv was being used as a rocket store by Ukrainian forces - as it accused Western media of telling a one-sided version of the conflict.
Moscow has also claimed the Ukrainian authorities are using civilian buildings in residential areas of cities as firing positions.
It said its own attacks were "precision strikes against military infrastructure and never against civilian objects".
In drone footage released by Moscow's defence ministry, what it described as a Ukrainian Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) is seen moving around Kyiv.
Moscow said the "coordinates" of the MLRS's position were "confirmed by Russian reconnaissance through several channels".
It used "high-precision long-range weapons", it said, to "destroy a battery of Ukrainian multiple rocket launchers and a store of ammunition in a non-functioning shopping centre".
In the early seconds of the footage, the MLRS lets off a volley of shots - the same scene apparently presented in both black and white and then colour.
The MLRS is then followed from the air around the streets of the Ukrainian capital before it arrives at the shopping centre in the densely populated Podil district.
Once there, Russian forces attack it and a huge blast is seen on the video.
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