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Russia launched over 300 drones and 37 missiles, causing blackouts in eight regions and damaging critical infrastructure, Ukraine's national energy operator reported.
- On Thursday, Russia battered Ukraine's energy facilities with more than 300 drones and 37 missiles, causing blackouts across Eight Ukrainian regions, Ukrenergo reported.
- Years of attacks on the power grid have left the Ukrainian power grid a main target since the invasion years ago, and the strike came ahead of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's White House meeting on Friday.
- Ukrainian officials accused Russia of using cluster munitions and repeated strikes on repair crews, while DTEK reported Kyiv outages and halted gas extraction in Poltava for the sixth time this month, Naftogaz said.
- Kyiv is seeking cruise missiles and air defenses from the United States, meeting Lockheed Martin and Raytheon and signing an aviation memorandum with Bell Textron Inc.
- Ukraine has responded by striking the Saratov oil refinery twice, while Washington hesitates on long-range missiles and the Institute for the Study of War said Tomahawks would not escalate conflict.
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Russia's drone barrage knocks out power across Ukraine as Zelenskyy travels to US for talks with Trump
Zelenskyy claimed that Russia had fired over 300 drones and 37 missiles at Ukraine overnight, accusing Moscow of deploying cluster munitions and conducting repeated strikes on the same target to hit emergency crews and engineers working to repair the grid
Russian barrage causes blackouts in Ukraine as Zelenskyy seeks Trump’s help - Boston News, Weather, Sports
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia battered Ukraine’s energy facilities with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in its latest heavy bombardment of the country’s power grid,
Russian barrage causes major blackouts in Ukraine
Russia has launched a heavy bombardment on Ukraine's energy facilities, using hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is preparing to meet with President Donald Trump to request more air defenses and long-range missiles. Eight Ukrainian…
Moscow is taking advantage of the winter and is once again targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure, as in the last years of the war. With hundreds of drones and rockets, the Russians are covering the country at night.
Russian barrage causes blackouts in Ukraine as Zelensky seeks Trump's help
Eight Ukrainian regions experienced blackouts after the barrage, Ukraine’s national energy operator, Ukrenergo, said. DTEK, the country’s largest private energy company, reported outages in the capital, Kyiv.
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