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Ukraine says Starshield satellite operations restored

Ukraine has been angered at US withdrawal of key elements of support from US.

Russia has accused Ukraine of attacking an oil refinery on Thursday after President Volodymyr Zelensky said such strikes, halted at the request of the US, would resume. President Zelensky has been angered by the US appearing to withdraw key elements of its support, including the Starshield military satellite system. Ukraine now says the Starshield operation has been restored. Donald Trump has called Ukraine's renewed strikes on Russian oil refineries a "disgrace."

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Presenters: James Copnall and Anne Soy.

(Photo: Ukrainian servicemen set up Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline town of Pokrovsk. Credit: Inna Varenytsia/Reuters).

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