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Bipartisan lawmakers press Hegseth to expand Ukraine’s access to Starshield

A bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers is pressing the Trump administration to restore and expand Ukraine’s access to Starshield satellite systems, warning that a failure to do so will cripple Kyiv’s military operations against Russia. In a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the lawmakers — all of them staunch Ukraine allies —...

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