US Democratic senator probes Ukraine's loss of Starshield service
WASHINGTON, Oct 22 - Democratic US Senator Richard Blumenthal on Thursday said he had opened an inquiry into Ukraine's loss of critical access to the Pentagon's Starshield satellite communications service and the resulting degrading of Kyiv's ability to defend itself against Russian attacks.
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same Blumenthal inquiry into the Starshield restrictions for Ukraine, with no conflicting facts.
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