Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, and the western city of Lviv, near the Poland border, were most impacted, local officials reported.
“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.
"This 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," Zelensky declared.
Following the attack, Ukraine’s air force said it shot down just one of nine ballistic missiles sent into its airspace.
At the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, earlier this month, U.S. President Donald Trump told Zelensky that the U.S. would extend Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriot missile interceptors.
They “discussed licenses for Patriot interceptor production and several other ideas that could help,” according to the Ukrainian leader, but no concrete details or next steps for manufacturing plans have been released.
Elsewhere, the European Commission stepped up its support for Ukraine, announcing Thursday it would disburse a further €3.47 billion (around $3.99 billion) for drones, missiles, air defense, and fighter jets under its €90 billion Ukraine Support Loan.
Zelensky later held a meeting with Ukraine’s new military chief Mykhailo Drapatyi and other defense officials to discuss the country’s challenges facing Russia’s ballistic missile attacks and its “ability to counter this tactic, both at the military and diplomatic levels.”
He convened a “coordination team” early Thursday morning to assess the site where the projectile fell.
The leader of Poland, a NATO member, later said in a press conference that “there is no reason to believe that Poland was the target,” but maintained a violation had taken place.
NATO is “in close contact with the Polish authorities about the violation of Poland’s airspace,” NATO spokesperson for the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) Col. Martin O’Donnell told TIME in an emailed statement.
European leaders denounce Russian aggression against Ukraine
European officials were quick to denounce the overnight bombardment against Ukraine and the reported violation of Polish airspace.
European Council president António Costa echoed those remarks, warning that the incident underscored a broader threat posed by Russia.
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen labeled the attack “another unacceptable violation of our E.U. airspace caused by Russia’s latest strikes on Ukraine.”
This is not the first time Russia has reportedly violated the airspace of a NATO member.
In late May, a Russian strike hit an apartment building in eastern Romania—a crash E.U. leaders referred to as “a serious violation of Romania’s sovereignty and European airspace.”
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