This is just like WW2 Germany in the Battle of Britain. Germany change from bombing airfield to bombing London after the Brit hit German town, which have no strategic value beside you can kill score of civilian. While that's horrible but that give RAF some respite and finally take Germany down and won the Battle of Britain for them, and Germany has to cancel operation sea lion
There are absolutely no strategic value to hit Kyiv or other city, if Russia are going to use those missiles, they should have use them on the frontline, killing civilian does not help the military situation, it only inflames it. They are simply wasting those missiles on civilian population. And in turn make more Ukrainian join up to fight the Russian....