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Zelenskiy asks Spain and Latin American countries for urgent power grid supplies

Zelenskiy asks Spain and Latin American countries for urgent power grid supplies

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The Ukrainian president made an unexpected trip to Madrid on Thursday to address the Ibero-American Summit. He warned that Russian missile and drone strikes have damaged every single power plant in his country, leaving crews fighting to prevent total blackouts. He specifically requested transformers from nations including Brazil and Argentina, alongside electrical cables from Chile and generators from Spain.

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