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Politics · Defense & national security · published 2026-10-14 · via The New Republic

Kyiv Questions U.S. Intelligence Failure Before Deadly Russian Missile Attack

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Russia carried out a massive missile strike on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, killing at least nine people and damaging a residential building in Kyiv. Ukrainian officials said they received no advance warning from partners; U.S. officials blamed bad weather for detection equipment failure, but Ukrainian sources suspected the Trump administration was interfering. Officials also said SpaceX restricted Starlink access around the same time, after Trump brokered a diesel deal with Putin days earlier.

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