A barrage of Russian missile and drone strikes pummeled Ukraine overnight, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens of others as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy returned from the United States, where he said President Donald Trump had agreed to provide Ukraine with licenses for Patriot missiles.Zelenskyy had warned about a Russian "massive attack" just hours before it began while highlighting to Ukraine's western partners the need for Patriot missiles to defend the country from attacks like the one that Moscow ended up carrying out. "It is important that our partners fully understand what is happening and that the protection of lives directly depends on their readiness, or lack thereof, to help us with air defense missiles," he wrote in a post on X.The deadliest hit occurred in the Dnipro region near Zelenskyy's home town of Kriviy Rih, where a Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile killed six people, including three children, and injured at least 10 others according to local authorities.Oleksandr Vilkul, the Kriviy Rih's defense council head, called it a "dark night" as the missile struck the home of a large family. He warned the death toll could increase as emergency workers clear away rubble."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," Zelenskyy added.