GOP senators press Pentagon over Ukraine Starshield access — SkimNews
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- Four Republican senators joined their Democratic colleagues in pressing the Trump administration for information about whether Pentagon officials ordered restrictions on Ukraine's access to the satellite-based Starshield network.
- Ukrainian officials said the Starshield access limits degraded their ability to intercept incoming threats, according to the source.
Why it matters: This rare bipartisan oversight move puts the Trump administration on the defensive over a specific, sensitive restriction on Ukraine's battlefield communications, with Ukrainian officials saying the limits directly degraded their defensive capability. Republicans publicly joining the inquiry signals the restrictions have become politically untenable even within the GOP.
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