{
  "id": 19155262,
  "title": "Ukraine has tested near-space kill systems at least three times. A lawmaker wants them in production",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/ukraine-has-tested-near-space-kill-systems-at-least-three-times-a",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T12:56:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euromaidan Press",
    "slug": "euromaidan-press",
    "url": "https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/11/09/ukraine-has-tested-near-space-kill-systems-at-least-three-times-a-lawmaker-wants-them-in-production/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kyiv is exploring near-space solutions to combat Russia's Oreshnik missile threat and its dependence on Starlink. The country has conducted at least three tests of interceptor systems to destroy the Oreshnik, which launches into near space and releases multiple warheads. Ukraine also launched a test satellite for its own network, and its military claims it struck the factory producing rockets for Russia's Starlink replacement. Ukrainian lawmakers, including Fedir Venislavskyi, the head of the state security subcommittee of parliament's defense committee, are pushing for the production of these near-space kill systems. Venislavskyi emphasized that the enemy is already threatening Ukraine from international space via Oreshnik missiles. On Starlink, Ukraine experienced communications dropouts affecting its command-and-control systems, which were restored by Zelenskyy on October 24. Meanwhile, Ukraine's military struck Russia's Progress Rocket and Space Center in Samara, maker of the Soyuz-2 rockets. Fire Point co-founder Denys Shtilerman announced plans for a full-scale launch of an anti-ballistic interceptor by mid-2027.",
  "summary": "Funding is the catch, he told The Guardian, as Russia’s Oreshnik threatens Ukraine from space.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}