Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump during a meeting. Photo: President's Office
During closed-door talks at the White House on 28 July, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked for Ukraine to be granted permission to use the Starlink system on Russian territory to strike ballistic missile launchers.
Source: European Pravda, citing The Atlantic
Details: Kyiv is offering the US a way out of supplying Ukraine with interceptor missiles for Patriot systems, stocks of which have been dramatically depleted by the US's war with Iran. Instead, Ukraine wants to be able to expand its use of another American technology – the Starlink satellite communications network controlled by Elon Musk.
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