KYIV, Ukraine (AP) \u2014 A Russian ballistic missile and drone barrage across Ukraine overnight killed at least 10 civilians, including children, and injured more than 50 others, officials said Thursday, and NATO scrambled its warplanes after one of the missiles crossed the country’s western border into Poland.<\/p>\n
The blitz expanded Russia\u2019s almost daily bombardment<\/a> of Ukrainian cities, including the capital of Kyiv where tens of thousands spent the night sheltering in subway stations, as Moscow apparently looked to exploit Kyiv\u2019s critical shortage<\/a> of Western-supplied anti-ballistic missile defenses.<\/p>\n NATO said a Russian missile entered Polish airspace during the onslaught and landed in a rural area. It caused no injuries or damage but could deepen tensions<\/a> between the military alliance and Moscow, as wary European countries fear the 4-year-old war<\/a> could spill into their territory.<\/p>\n NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte called it \u201cyet another reckless act by Russia and a dangerous consequence of its war against Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said it was \u201ca very serious incident,\u201d but added: \u201cThere are absolutely no reasons to believe that Poland was the target.\u201d<\/p>\n Russia’s barrage struck areas of Ukraine where weapons are believed to be stored and manufactured. Ukrainian long-range drones and missiles have battered Russia’s oil sector, causing a fuel crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n The attack came two days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a> and representatives of American defense companies as he pleads for swifter and bigger deliveries of Patriot air defense systems<\/a> to stop Russia\u2019s ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n The Iran war<\/a> has drained stockpiles of the U.S.-made interceptors. Trump has promised to grant Ukraine licenses<\/a> to build its own Patriots, but production could take many months.<\/p>\n \u201cGiven the critical shortage of air defense missiles from our partners, our warriors are accomplishing truly incredible things, demonstrating a very high level of professionalism,\u201d Zelenskyy said on social media.<\/p>\n \u201cThis Russian terror once again proves that protection against the Russian missile threat is the most important task when it comes to saving the lives of our people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Russia says it targeted military sites<\/p>\n Zelenskyy said at least 10 Ukrainian regions were attacked, with dozens of homes, businesses and infrastructure facilities destroyed or damaged.<\/p>\n Russia launched more than 70 missiles, a significant number of them ballistic missiles, he said, and over 280 attack drones, of which more than 260 were intercepted.<\/p>\n The Russian Defense Ministry said it targeted Ukrainian air bases, arms factories and military telecommunications and logistics facilities, including drone factories and storage depots, as well as plants for missiles, aircraft repairs, electronics and chemicals.<\/p>\n In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russian attack killed six people and wounded 10, said Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the regional military administration, in a post on Telegram. Children were among the dead \u2014 a 6-year-old girl and boys aged 11 and 17 in the area of Kryvyi Rih, Zelenskyy’s hometown, Hanzha added.<\/p>\n The children\u2019s parents were killed in the same attack, but two more children were pulled alive from the rubble, Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was an ordinary home, blown (to) smithereens by a ballistic missile,\u201d he said on X.<\/p>\n In Kyiv, Russian forces struck the capital with ballistic missiles, killing a 31-year-old man and wounding two others, the National Police press service said.<\/p>\n More than 56,000 people sheltered in Kyiv\u2019s subway stations overnight, according to the Facebook post from the metro system.<\/p>\n A cruise missile attack struck the western city of Lviv, killing one person and wounding over 30, including children aged 6, 13 and 15, said Maksym Kozytskyi, head of the Lviv regional military administration.<\/p>\n In the Poltava region, a drone hit warehouses, killing one person, said regional military head Vitalii Diakivnych.<\/p>\n Closer to the front line, which comes under almost daily attack, Russian forces dropped three glide bombs on an industrial zone in the southern city of Kherson, killing a 56-year-old man, local officials said.<\/p>\n Poland says fragments indicated a Russian cruise missile<\/p>\n A Russian Kh-101 cruise missile crossed into Poland overnight, violating NATO airspace, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on X, calling it a clear demonstration that strengthening Ukraine\u2019s air defenses would also guarantee wider European security.<\/p>\n Responding to the missile alert, NATO forces in Poland scrambled two fighter jets, an attack helicopter and two other aircraft, and activated ground defenses, said Col. Michael O\u2019Donnell, the spokesperson for the alliance\u2019s military command in Belgium.<\/p>\n The missile quickly disappeared from radar, the Polish Armed Forces said. A helicopter flew to its last known location, where the crew discovered a probable impact site in a farming area in Lublin province, the command said.<\/p>\n Investigators found fragments indicating that the object was a Kh-101 missile, Polish news agency PAP reported.<\/p>\n Tusk had met with Zelenskyy in Lublin on Wednesday to discuss defense issues.<\/p>\n NATO military commander Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich told Poland\u2019s Defense Chief Gen. Wies\u0142aw Kuku\u0142an the military alliance \u201cwill continue to take all necessary measures to defend NATO territory,\u201d O\u2019Donnell said.<\/p>\n Ukr<\/p>\n aine hits more depots of major Russian online retailer<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry said air defenses downed 258 Ukrainian drones overnight.<\/p>\n