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Farkas Says Starlink Slowdown Helped the Russians

Bloomberg Politics22 October 2026, 22:22 UTCRussia

Evelyn Farkas, McCain Institute executive director and former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, says it's a moral problem for the US that Starlink speeds were slowed while Ukrainians were trying to intercept missiles and drones targeting civilians. Farkas says Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to signal openness to negotiations while maintaining his maximalist claims and continuing attacks on Ukrainians. Farkas says Putin is trying to get European countries to stop supporting Ukraine and says a diesel deal with President Donald Trump came out of a

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