Russian Bombardment Kills at Least Eight in Ukraine as Zelensky Renews Plea for Air Defense Supplies

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia launched over 70 missiles and 280 drones in an overnight attack on Ukraine that killed at least eight people, including three children, and left dozens injured.Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, and the western city of Lviv, near the Poland border, were most impacted, local officials reported. “Dozens of ordinary homes, civilian businesses, and infrastructure facilities were destroyed and damaged,” said Zelensky on Thursday, as he decried the “critical shortage of air defense missiles from our partners” and called for assistance from other countries.“All partners know how and with what they can help. Untimely assistance and delays in the delivery of anti-ballistic missiles lead to this kind of destruction, these kinds of casualties that, unfortunately, we are seeing today,” Zelensky added, doubling down on his previous statements on the perils of delayed defensive equipment. Zelensky shared a series of images and videos that showed buildings reduced to rubble and emergency services carrying out search and rescue operations."This Russian terror once again proves that protection against the Russian missile threat is the most important task...