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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged U.S. President Donald Trump to impose sanctions on Russian and Chinese companies that, in his words, are involved in developing a Russian analogue to Starlink. The head of state said this in an interview with Financial Times, published 3 October.
The publication noted that blocking the Starlink satellite system for the occupiers prompted the aggressor country Russia to speed up the development of its own satellite network, “Rassvet.” In Zelenskiy’s words, China aided it.
Zelenskiy said that China is working with Russia on this technology, and “Rassvet” could become operational “by the end of this year or at the beginning of next year.” The president pointed out that China is working on satellites and on the possibility of helping Russia create an analogue to Starlink.
He warned that such capability would allow the Kremlin to increase the accuracy of airstrikes, as the illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin intensifies shelling of Ukraine before winter.
Zelenskiy noted that he asked Trump “several times” for his administration to sanction the organizations involved, including last month in New York when he met with the U.S. president on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Kremlin, and the White House did not respond to requests for comment. Earlier Beijing disputed Zelenskiy’s claims that he is supporting Russia in its war against Ukraine.
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