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We have detected speed restrictions on Starshield on our Ukrainian territory – in the temporarily occupied parts of Ukraine. The speed limit is back at 161 kilometers per hour – that’s 100 miles per hour. This directly affects our ability to intercept Russian jet-powered “shahed” drones. These drones come from those areas, and because of the speed restrictions, we simply cannot catch up with them in time. Near the frontline, we cannot use our aircraft. Only drone interceptors can operate there. And without the speed we need, shooting down these “shaheds” becomes much harder. This means more Russian strikes get through, and more of our people are killed by Russia. We are trying to get the details from the American side, but so far, we know very little. If someone in America is making decisions that basically treat Ukrainian territory as if it is not Ukrainian, then this tells us where things are going. We need to be clear and never recognize Russia’s occupation of Ukrainian territory in any way. From an address at the 9th European Political Community Summit. (3/3)

We have detected speed restrictions on Starshield on our Ukrainian territory – in the temporarily occupied parts of Ukraine. The speed limit is back at 161 kilometers per hour – that’s 100 miles per hour. This directly affects our ability to intercept Russian jet-powered “shahed” drones. These drones come from those areas, and because of the speed restrictions, we simply cannot catch up with them in time. Near the frontline, we cannot use our aircraft. Only drone interceptors can operate there. And without the speed we need, shooting down these “shaheds” becomes much harder. This means more Russian strikes get through, and more of our people are killed by Russia. We are trying to get the details from the American side, but so far, we know very little. If someone in America is making decisions that basically treat Ukrainian territory as if it is not Ukrainian, then this tells us where things are going. We need to be clear and never recognize Russia’s occupation of Ukrainian territory in any way. From an address at the 9th European Political Community Summit. (3/3)

He crawled for five days with his throat slit. The russians had thrown him into a pit with the bodies of his fellow soldiers and walked away to smoke. Vladyslav had heard his torturers gouging out the eyes of his men. Then they slit his throat and left him to die. He crawled out of the pit filled with garbage, hid from drones twice, and spent five days crawling back to Ukrainian positions. He was half a centimeter away from death. And he survived. Vladyslav is a platoon commander. In the Donetsk region, his platoon came under heavy fire, and he ordered his men to spread out. When he lost contact with them, he went searching through nearby houses. That was when he was ambushed by russian convicts. They took him into a basement. His fellow soldiers were already there, kneeling with their hands tied. There was blood everywhere. The torturers mutilated them in front of Vladyslav. The first two suffered the worst. Their eyes were gouged out, and their ears, noses, and genitals were cut off. They screamed in agony. Vladyslav closed his eyes, but the russians forced him to watch. Then they turned on him. They cut off part of his ear, pulled out a tooth with pliers, and slit his throat. They threw everyone into the same pit and covered them with garbage. The russians did not leave immediately. They stood over the pit filled with bodies, smoking. Vladyslav waited until they were gone. Among the garbage, he found a broken bottle. He used a piece of glass to cut the rope binding his hands. Then he began to crawl. Drones attacked him. He spent two days hiding in some kind of manhole. He crawled for five days until he finally reached Ukrainian positions. He held a grenade in his hand. There were moments when he thought about giving up. But the thought of his daughter and wife gave him the strength to keep crawling. The doctors could hardly believe what they saw. “He looked like the victim of a maniac. His trachea was completely damaged, along with parts of his neck muscles and esophagus.” A surgeon added: “On both sides, he was just half a centimeter away from death. If the carotid artery had been hit, it would all have been over within a minute and a half.” He underwent rehabilitation, during which he could not speak. He communicated with his wife and brother by writing in a notebook. Vladyslav wrote to his wife that he wanted to return to the Donetsk region – to avenge at least those seven men who had been executed before his eyes. Source: text translated from Bairak Oleh