US President Trump recently removed sanctions on Russian diesel and urged Kyiv to cease attacks on Russian refineries, while claiming Ukraine and Russia had agreed to halt strikes on energy targets—a development neither side has confirmed amidst ongoing Russian bombing.

Concurrently, Ukrainian officials reported that SpaceX abruptly restricted the use of military-grade Starlink terminals for drone navigation without prior warning, a move that prompted sharp criticism from Poland, which currently funds Ukrainian Starlink subscriptions.