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Russian Forces Getting More Access To Starlink Satellite Internet, Threatening Ukraine's Military Communications


Russian troops in Ukraine increasingly have access to Starlink, the private satellite Internet network owned by Elon Musk that Ukraine's military relies on heavily for battlefield communications.

With reporting by Reuters and AP The Operativnyye Svodki (Operative Data) Telegram channel close to Russian law enforcement structures said on February 14 that police detained a former member of the Yabloko opposition party, Mikhail Sharygin, on extremism charges in the city of Nizhny Novgorod a day earlier. Written by Ardeshir Tayebi based on an original story in Persian by RFE/RL's Radio Farda Rustam Ibragimov, a former officer of Kazakhstan’s elite law enforcement unit who is serving life in prison for the kidnapping and murder of opposition leader Altynbek Sarsenbaiuly and two associates 18 years ago, has asked for a retrial, insisting that he was not involved in the high-profile assassination. Farmers from across Bulgaria blocked two main thoroughfares in the capital, Sofia, on February 13, pouring milk onto the streets as they demanded the resignation of Agriculture Minister Kiril Vatev, increased subsidies, and changes to a deal on compensation for the impact of Ukrainian imports flooding the market.

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