Russian missile and drone barrage kills 10 in Ukraine, suspected cruise missile enters Polish airspace

Russian barrage hits cities across Ukraine

Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens more. The assault, which President Volodymyr Zelensky had warned of a day earlier, struck cities from Kyiv in the north to Lviv in the far west, near the Polish border. A suspected Russian cruise missile also entered Polish airspace and crashed in a field, prompting Warsaw to scramble fighter jets. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the strikes, saying they targeted military airfields, arms factories, telecommunications infrastructure, logistics centers, and three cargo ships used for military transport in the Black Sea.

Kryvyi Rih family home destroyed

The heaviest single loss of life occurred in a suburb of Kryvyi Rih, Zelensky's hometown, where a missile struck a large family's house. Six people died, including two children aged 5 and 12, and eight were injured, according to local authorities. In the southern city of Kherson, a drone hit a car, killing a man and a woman. Two more deaths were reported from Kyiv and the Poltava region. In Lviv, two apartment blocks caught fire after being hit, and the city administration said 30 people were injured. Rescue workers searched through rubble for survivors as daylight revealed the extent of the damage.

Zelensky renews plea for Patriots

Zelensky said Russia had used more than 70 cruise and ballistic missiles and over 280 attack drones. Ukrainian air defenses shot down more than 260 drones and a significant number of missiles, but the president stressed that a shortage of interceptor missiles, especially for Patriot systems, left the country vulnerable.

This Russian terror proves once again that protection against the threat of Russian missiles is the most important thing. Ukraine is facing a critical shortage of air defense missiles from our partners.

He had warned on Wednesday, citing a report from the air force chief, that a major Russian air attack was imminent. After the strikes, he again called on allies to supply more air defense missiles, saying that delays directly cause the destruction and casualties seen overnight.

Polish airspace breached

During the attack, Poland's operational command reported an unknown object entering its airspace from the direction of Ukraine and flying westward. The suspected crash site was later located near the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia in the Lublin voivodeship. Poland scrambled fighter jets as a precaution, and the government said the incident mirrored previous Russian violations of NATO airspace. No casualties were reported on Polish territory.

Ukrainian strikes inside Russia

While Russia pounded Ukrainian cities, Kyiv's forces continued to hit targets inside Russia. A drone attack struck an oil tanker in the port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea, the Caspian Pipeline Consortium said. Another drone attack in the port of Taman in Krasnodar Krai caused injuries, according to local authorities. In the Penza region, Governor Oleg Melnitschenko reported that 15 drones set fire to a large Wildberries warehouse. Russia's Defense Ministry said it had shot down 258 Ukrainian drones overnight and confirmed its own strikes had hit military targets across Ukraine.