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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) -- Russia launched a large drone attack from Crimea overnight, sending about 40 loitering munitions, Ukraine’s air defence forces said. Ukraine shot down 30 drones in two southern regions — Mykolaiv and Odesa - and in the central region of Vinnytsia. Romania is investigating a potential breach of its territory from the barrage, with its army searching for debris near the eastern town of Galati, close to Ukraine’s Danube River port of Reni. Most Read from Bloomber...

(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...