“Rep. Jim Himes … (said) he had just gotten off a phone call with Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky …
“‘I was just appalled by what I learned,’ he said. ‘The president said that Starlink—Starshield—has been throttled so that the Ukrainians can no longer intercept most of the Russian drones that are wreaking havoc at schools and hospitals and civilian centers … that’s the fault of Donald Trump, who has now shown his hand as an ally of Vladimir Putin and Elon Musk.’”
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-20-2026
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