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US Senator Blumenthal opens probe into Ukraine Starshield restrictions

Kyiv Independent23 October 2026, 08:04 UTCUkraine

"This decision to limit critical technology for a key ally... (puts) Ukrainian forces at risk and their people in peril," Senator Richard Blumenthal wrote in a letter addressed to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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