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Ukraine’s top officials courted U.S. arms makers this week as Kyiv seeks more firepower before President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s White House meeting with Donald Trump. Andrii Yermak and Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko met Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, with Kyiv pressing for cruise missiles, air defenses and joint drone production. Trump warned he may send Tomahawks if Russia doesn’t move toward peace, while U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signaled readiness to impose costs. As diplomacy churned, Ukraine hit a Crimean oil terminal and Russia struck a Ukrainian power plant, prompting regional blackouts.

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