Satellite internet functionality via Starshield — the military version of the SpaceX service — was being at least partially restored Thursday morning, according to a source in the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.

Ukraine has resumed strikes on Russian oil refineries after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy angrily accused the United States of betraying Kyiv with a “dangerous” withdrawal of support critical to its defense against Russia.

Ukraine held off on attacks for three days after Donald Trump’s unilateral “energy ceasefire” announcement, but accused Russia of repeatedly attacking its power grid. Zelenskyy voiced mounting frustration over the Kremlin’s failure to abide by the truce, and what he sees as U.S. attempts to pressure Kyiv after gaps in intelligence sharing on Russian attacks and restrictions on the Starlink internet service.

Satellite internet functionality via Starshield — the military version of the SpaceX service — was being at least partially restored Thursday, according to a source in the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the topic.

In an interview with the Financial Times, published Thursday, Zelenskyy indicated his patience had already been exhausted.

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[–] 13 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

The Steele dossier was a collection of raw intelligence reports. Minor details were proven wrong, such as Trump spending the night in a hotel but not in the presidential suite like the report claimed. Otherwise, multiple people claimed they could prove they hadn't done what was claimed but failed to do so or were later proved to have indeed done the things.

Nearly all of the claims have been proven broadly true by subsequent investigations.

It linked multiple members of his campaign to elements in and around the Russian government. Communication records later proved that contact has indeed taken place.

It claimed Russians had dirt on Trump from a pageant he hosted there. While no blackmail material has come out, one of the Russian contacts the campaign communicated with told them he had buried some for them.

The dossier claimed a Romanian hacking group operating at the direction of the Russian government was behind the Clinton leaks. It was later proven that it had been done by a Russian group pretending to be Romanian.

It was claimed that WikiLeaks was directly coordinating with both the Trump campaign and Russia to inflict maximum damage on Clinton and steer people toward Trump. Emails later came out that proved this.

These are just a handful of the verified claims.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 hours ago* (1 child)

    This was my understanding as well. I have no idea why the narrative that it was "debunked" is one that seems to prevalent now.

    Relying on the so-called "liberal media" for certain details, most especially the Russian-donnie collusion, can make one feel like they are taking crazy pills.

    It gets even worse if one still takes someone like Taibbi into account, too. JFC, what happened to him, anyway? Did Russia get something on him while he was staying there?

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  • [–] 7 points 8 hours ago

    Two main issues:

    1. The Mueller report substantiated many pieces of Steele's dossier, but the false summary the Attorney General released first claimed the opposite. This muddied reporting at the point where it should have been clear whether claims were true or false.
    2. The story basically ended with the Mueller report. Since then, it only appears in headlines when Trump goes on a rant about the "Russia Hoax." That means there are headlines quoting him every couple months saying that it was false. The articles say he's lying, but the repeated headlines are what people see and remember.
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