Russia bombards Ukraine’s gas sites as Zelenskyy flies to US for Trump meeting

<p>Strikes cause outages in eight regions before Washington talks to discuss US providing Kyiv with cruise missiles</p><p>A massive Russian drone and missile strike has hit gas facilities in eastern Ukraine as the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, flew to Washington for a meeting with Donald Trump to discuss the US providing Kyiv with long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles.</p><p>Russia launched hundreds of drones, dozens of missiles, as well as glide bombs early on Thursday, sparking outages in eight regions in another large-scale bombardment targeting Ukraine’s energy network.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/16/russia-strikes-ukraine-gas-sites-zelenskyy-us-trump-meeting-cruise-missiles">Continue reading...</a>