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KYIV — Russia is racing to build its own low-orbit satellite internet system that could leave Ukraine vulnerable to more attacks, the deputy chief of Ukraine's military intelligence, Maj. Gen. Vadym Skibitskiy, warned this week.
Ukraine gained an edge on the battlefield earlier this year after Elon Musk was persuaded by Ukraine's former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov to cut off access for Russian forces operating in Ukraine. That complicated Russian communications and targeting.
Now Russia is racing to build Rassvet, or Dawn, an equivalent to SpaceX’s Starlink being developed by Russian aerospace company Bureau 1440.
