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As Russia unleashed a massive air attack, Ukrainian civilians' resilience kicked in
KHARKIV, Ukraine — The text message was brief and straight to the point. “Strategic bombers in the air … go to the shelter when missiles come,” an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told NBC News read the text that went out at around 7 a. …