India, July 30 -- A wave of Russian ballistic missiles and drones struck Ukraine overnight into Thursday, July 30, killing at least eight civilians, including children, and wounding dozens more, officials said.

Further details on the exact locations and extent of the damage were not immediately available.

The attack added to Russia's near-daily bombing of Ukrainian cities as Moscow appeared to target Kyiv's shortage of Western-supplied missile defenses, according to the report. The strikes hit regions across Ukraine, including areas near the Polish border, far from the eastern front line, where Ukraine is believed to store and make weapons.

Poland, a NATO member, said it was investigating Ukrainian reports that a Russian cruise missile...