Inside a Ukrainian city hit by Russian drones during the Starlink disruption

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Uploaded: 2026-10-30

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[0:00] AMNA NAWAZ: This week in Ukraine, President  Volodymyr Zelenskyy made the clearest indication

[0:04] yet that a disruption of Starlink technology  contributed to Ukrainian civilian deaths,

[0:10] saying Ukraine's ability to shoot down jet-powered  Shahed drones fell by up to 50 percent.

[0:15] Starlink's owner, Elon Musk, admitted last  week to ordering the slowdown of the service.

[0:20] Whether the Trump White House was involved  remains unclear. The intentional hindrance

[0:25] of Ukrainian defense has led to bipartisan  anger in Washington. Democratic Senator

[0:30] Richard Blumenthal opened a congressional inquiry  into why Ukraine's access to the

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