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, authorities said Thursday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared to ask President Donald Trump at a White House meeting for more American-made air defenses and long-range missiles.

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, and said it had to stop its natural gas extraction in the central Poltava…

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