00:00Ukraine's Defense Minister Mikhail Federov said
00:05on Thursday that Kyiv was in contact with Elon Musk's SpaceX.
00:10over allegations that Russian drones were using internet from Starlink satellites.
00:15during attacks on Ukrainian cities.
00:20The U.S.-based Institute for Study of War said earlier this week that the Russian army
00:25used Starlink satellites to guide its drone attacks deep into Ukraine.
00:30Starlink is also widely used by the Ukrainian army for communication.
00:35At the beginning of the war, Musk activated Starlink.
00:40and sent batches of terminals to Ukraine according to Federov.
00:45In a while, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had asked Russia
00:50Russian President Vladimir Putin not to target Kyiv for one week.
00:55Trump added that Putin had agreed to the pause,
00:58but Moscow has not confirmed it will be possible.
01:00Russia has been battering the Ukrainian energy
01:05grid, leaving many in the country without heating or electricity in freezing weather.
01:10temperatures in the capital Kyiv are set to drop to minus 25 degrees.
01:15in the coming days.
01:16Meanwhile, U.S. brokerage talks are expected to resume
01:20in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
01:25The U.S.-based Institute for Study of War
01:43and the Freedom for News.
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