Russian strike hits Kyiv metro station – Rubio says Ukraine has no Starshield access
A woman is killed and three people are injured in Kyiv. In Washington, Rubio denies the US ordered Starlink to be throttled and says access to military-grade Starshield is 'under discussion'.
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A Russian air strike killed a woman in Kyiv overnight into Monday, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram. The strike hit a subway station on the capital's left bank and damaged a 25-storey residential building, while non-residential buildings and a medical facility were also hit and three other people were injured. According to Al Jazeera, Russian attacks on Sunday also killed two people in the western Volyn region and a woman in Zaporizhzhia.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Ukraine currently has no access to Starshield, the military satellite network Kyiv wants for deep strikes inside Russia. 'Starshield is a defense product, a military product,' Rubio said, adding that how Ukraine might use it was 'under discussion'. He denied that Washington had ordered Starlink terminals to be capped: 'Nobody ordered that Starlink speed to be slowed down.'
Zelensky said on Saturday that terminals in Ukraine had been limited to 161 km/h, causing operators to lose control of interceptor drones used against Shaheds. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called his accusations 'very reckless'. Reuters reported that the US has resumed sharing critical intelligence with Kyiv after a brief pause.