Kim, a deputy chief of Russia's General Staff, signed the directive and issued the combat order for the Iskander-M ballistic missile strike, according to the SBU. The SBU said that Kim directed one of his missile units to target the hotel despite it being occupied solely by civilians.SBU investigators charged Kim in absentia under Ukraine's Criminal Code with waging a war of aggression and violating the laws and customs of war.The charges align with Ukraine's broader efforts to hold Russian military leaders accountable for targeting civilian infrastructure and committing war crimes.This development follows the Dec. 17 assassination of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of Russia's radiation, chemical, and biological defense forces, in an alleged SBU operation in Moscow.Ukrainian prosecutors had previously charged Kirillov with deploying banned chemical weapons in the conflict.Russian missile attack damages 6 foreign embassies in Kyiv, Foreign Ministry saysThe embassies of Albania, Argentina, Palestine, North Macedonia, Portugal and Montenegro are located in a building that was heavily damaged by the Russian attack.The Kyiv IndependentKateryna Denisova