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The Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, suffered a “terrible night” as Russian missiles hit the city while residents were asleep, said Serhii Lysak, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk region military administration.
A 79-year-old woman died and seven people were injured, according to preliminary information, Lysak said in a Telegram post Thursday.
“It was a terrible night in Pavlohrad. At three o’clock after midnight, when people were peacefully sleeping in their homes, the enemy hit the city with rockets,” he said.
Two of the injured people, a 79-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman, were hospitalized. Their condition is assessed as moderate, Lysak said.
“Industrial enterprise was damaged. A fire broke out there and has been extinguished by rescuers,” he said.
Seven private houses were destroyed and 30 others were damaged, Lysak said.
The Ukrainian military was able to shoot down five missiles fired over the region, he said.
Putin to meet with Belarus President Lukashenko on Friday, says Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
“Yes, such a meeting is being prepared,” Peskov told reporters on a conference call Thursday.
Peskov said that the meeting will take place in Putin’s official residence in Novo-Ogaryovo in the Moscow region.
Lukashenko announced earlier Thursday during a press conference with journalists that he would meet with Putin, according to Belarusian state news agency BELTA.
Some context: Lukashenko is a close ally of his Russian counterpart and the two countries maintain a joint grouping of military forces.
Russia used Belarusian territory as one of its entry points for the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Joint military drills over the last year have contributed to concerns that Belarusian troops could join Russia’s forces in Ukraine, but Lukashenko has repeatedly dismissed speculation that his troops would join the fighting in Ukraine.
Russia has poured billions of dollars into propping up Lukashenko’s regime. And after a rigged presidential election in 2020 cemented Lukashenko’s long reign, triggering widespread pro-democracy protests, he clung to power with the help of Putin.
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