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  "id": 14886917,
  "title": "White House ordered Pentagon to throttle Ukraine's Starshield access",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/white-house-ordered-pentagon-to-throttle-ukraines-starshield-access",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T06:02:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Voice of Ukraine",
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    "url": "https://english.nv.ua/nation/white-house-directed-military-to-restrict-starshield-system-in-ukraine-50650558.html"
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  "summary": "The White House ordered the U.S. Defense Department to throttle the Starshield satellite system used by the Ukrainian military for battlefield communications and drone operations, Reuters reported October 15, citing three officials briefed on the matter.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Post",
        "title": "White House Ordered Restrictions on Ukraine’s Starshield, Disrupting Drone Defense – Reuters",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/white-house-ordered-restrictions-on-ukraines-starshield-disrupting",
        "published": "2026-10-16T03:34:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Independent",
        "title": "Order limiting Starlink access for Ukraine's military came from within White House, Reuters reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/order-limiting-starlink-access-for-ukraines-military-came-from-within",
        "published": "2026-10-16T04:02:58.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Ukraine pushes for European alternatives to US air defences and Starlink amid tensions with Washington",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/ukraine-pushes-for-european-alternatives-to-us-air-defences-and",
        "published": "2026-10-16T05:59:59.000Z"
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        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "White House press secretary Katie Zacharia appears to admit failing bar exam",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/white-house-press-secretary-katie-zacharia-appears-to-admit-failing",
        "published": "2026-10-16T06:21:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Is US limiting Starlink in Ukraine? The risks could be catastrophic",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/is-us-limiting-starlink-in-ukraine-the-risks-could-be-catastrophic",
        "published": "2026-10-16T07:09:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Meduza (English)",
        "title": "Order to restrict Starlink’s operations in Ukraine came from White House, Reuters reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/order-to-restrict-starlinks-operations-in-ukraine-came-from-white",
        "published": "2026-10-16T07:16:12.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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