Can someone please ELI5 why a strike on the headquarter of an intelligence agency is considered as a major escalation? For me this sounds like one of the most valuable military targets in any conflict. I would have assumed that it would be a high priority for all parties in a war to decimate your opponents intelligence services as early as possible.

In contrast to this, I would consider the numerous attacks on civilians and non-military infrastructure as a major escalation as they are directly targeting totally uninvolved people.

Dope.

Numerous ambulances and emergency services vehicles were stationed around the site, which is close to St Sophia Cathedral, a Unesco world heritage site.

“Unfortunately, a Russian drone hit the central building of the SBU on Volodymyrska Street in Kyiv, opposite the St Sophia Cathedral,” Zelenskyy said in a post on Telegram. “The drone was aimed directly at the office of the Head of the Security Service in that building.”

Lmao note how Guardian mention the cathedral multiple times, trying to invoke the image of US-like carpet destruction of monument while even Zelensky says the strike was so surgical that it aimed at particular room in the building. Journo hyenas.

Kremlin is a legit target