Zelensky asked Trump to block Russia’s Starlink rival, FT reports
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked Donald Trump to sanction the Russian and Chinese companies building Russia’s answer to Starlink, the Financial Times reported.
He has raised it with Trump several times, including at a recent meeting in New York. Ukrainian news agency UNN cited those details from the FT report.
A network for the front line
The network, called Rassvet, is being built by Russian firm Bureau 1440. Zelensky said it could start working by early next year.
He also said China was helping.
“We know that China works on satellites, works on the possibility of helping Russia with a similar Starlink,” he said.
Satellite internet has become vital on the battlefield in Ukraine. Starlink links up troops and drones, and Russia has tried to jam its signals.
A Russian network of its own would give Moscow’s forces a link that the US and SpaceX cannot switch off.
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