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Russia launched its largest-ever attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad early Saturday, as part of a major wave of attacks across the country that included hundreds of suicide drones and ballistic missiles.
The six-hour bombardment was the heaviest in the city's history. The head of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Sergey Lysak, said a factory was damaged, a fire station was destroyed and a five-story residential building was hit.
"A terrible night and morning for Pavlohrad. The most intense attack on the city. Explosion after explosion. Russian terrorists targeted it with missiles and drones," he said.
Drones could be heard flying over Pavlohrad in the early hours of Saturday. There were cacophonous thunderclaps and orange explosions lighting up the night sky. The streets echoed with machine gun fire as anti-aircraft units tried to shoot them down.
In the morning, thick black smoke hung over the city. There were several fires. One exhausted resident, Oleh, said it had been the worst night he had ever known. "Nobody slept. We were all in shelters. There was also a storm. We had explosions and rain all at once," he said.
The attack came shortly after Gen. Keith Kellogg, Trump's special envoy to Ukraine, returned to Washington after a six-day visit to Kiev. The White House this week announced a large-scale arms package for Ukraine, including additional Patriot anti-aircraft systems, which will be paid for by European allies.
The Kremlin refrained from carrying out a large-scale bombing while Kellogg was in the country. Social media was filled with memes depicting Kellogg as a cat protecting the capital, since Keith sounds similar to kit, or cat in Ukrainian.
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