Russian strikes across Ukraine kill at least 8 civilians and wound dozens
Russian missile and drone strikes across Ukraine have killed at least eight civilians and damaged critical infrastructure. The attack occurred amid Ukraine's ongoing struggle to secure sufficient air defense systems from Western allies.
Why it matters
The escalation highlights the ongoing vulnerability of Ukrainian cities to aerial bombardment and the geopolitical pressure on Western nations to provide advanced defense technology.
KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian ballistic missile and drone barrage across Ukraine overnight into Thursday killed at least eight civilians, including children, and wounded dozens of others, officials said.
The blitz expanded Russia's almost daily bombardment of Ukrainian cities as Moscow apparently looked to exploit Kyiv's critical shortage of Western-supplied anti-ballistic missile defenses.
NATO member Poland, meanwhile, was looking into Ukrainian reports that a Russian cruise missile entered its airspace during the onslaught.
The barrage spanned regions across Ukraine, including areas by the border with Poland that are far from the front line in the east of the country and where Ukraine is believed to store and manufacture weapons for its fight against Russia's more than 4-year-old invasion. Its long-range drones and missiles have battered Russia's oil sector, causing a fuel crisis.
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