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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would be open to talks with Russia and China over the future of Ukraine, arguing that “Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven’t been doing much.” That came amid an onslaught of Russian drone and ballistic missile attacks on Ukrainian hospitals, schools, and energy facilities.

The reason that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is pleading for a complete restoration of Starshield, the military internet service provided by SpaceX, along with full intelligence sharing with Washington and the delivery of Patriot missiles, is precisely because of the stepped-up pace of Moscow’s aerial offensive.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would be open to talks with Russia and China over the future of Ukraine, arguing that “Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven’t been doing much.” That came amid an onslaught of Russian drone and ballistic missile attacks on Ukrainian hospitals, schools, and energy facilities.

The reason that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is pleading for a complete restoration of Starshield, the military internet service provided by SpaceX, along with full intelligence sharing with Washington and the delivery of Patriot missiles, is precisely because of the stepped-up pace of Moscow’s aerial offensive.

Just in September, Moscow launched almost 4,000 attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine—a 65 percent........

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