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(Bloomberg) -- Thirteen “prominent” weapons manufacturers have signed a declaration which will form the basis for an “alliance of defense industries,” an international coalition of arms producers Ukraine is creating in a bid to stem Russia’s invasion, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told participants at an arms-focused event in Kyiv on Friday, without providing details. Any weapons maker “that shares our intention to provide real protection from aggression...

(Bloomberg) -- Ukrainian drones knocked out power in five western Russian towns overnight in a strike that mirrored Moscow’s tactic of relentlessly targeting its neighbor’s energy infrastructure. Kyiv’s troops have also increased attacks on Russian-occupied Crimea, destroying weapons, bases and supply lines as a four-month-old counteroffensive makes halting progress. The operations are part of a broader strategy of targeting Russia’s supply lines, logistics and abilit...