Key Takeaways from the ISW : Russia threatened systematic strikes on Kyiv City in violation of the spirit of the Victory Day ceasefire, likely to posture strength after the humiliation of the ceasefire itself.   The Kremlin is claiming that its strikes are retaliatory in response to an alleged Ukrainian strike against civilians to temper any Western urgency to respond to Russia’s intensified strikes on Kyiv, but this claimed justification does not align with the Kremlin’s historical pattern of