Starshield slowdowns along the frontline

Ukraine's president reported that his army is again facing significant disruptions to Starshield's operations over Ukrainian territory, a problem he said has persisted for several days along the entire frontline and across occupied territories.

According to Zelenskyy, the pattern is not accidental:

• •Systematic speed restrictions are being imposed on Starshield, limiting it to 161 kilometers per hour (100 miles per hour)
• •The Ukrainian military established that these are not random errors

Impact on intercepting Russian drones

Zelenskyy warned that the disruption is complicating Ukraine's response to Russian jet-powered drones. He pointed to strikes that got through because interception systems cannot reach sufficient speeds and are unable to intercept in time.

He was blunt about the human cost, saying the restrictions are helping the Russians kill more Ukrainians and carry out more accurate strikes against Ukraine. Kyiv is working to establish the circumstances with the American side, Zelenskyy said.

Envoys in Moscow and on to Dublin

The same morning, US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were in Moscow to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin, expected to begin around 9am GMT, to advance issues from two days of trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi.

Hopes for the meeting were tempered in Moscow. Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Rybakov said it was too early to say that necessary trust had been restored between Russia and Ukraine.

After Moscow, the two envoys are expected to fly to Dublin to meet Zelenskyy on the margins of the European Political Community summit.

EU sanctions and summit backdrop

France's Europe minister Benjamin Haddad said the EU will approve new sanctions against Russia on Monday, covering 150 additional entities and 50 banks, with France proposing the bulk of the entities. He told LCI television that the EU will continue to put economic pressure on Russia and, of course, support Ukraine.

The Dublin summit brings together more than 40 leaders from Ukraine's allied countries. The European Political Community, created on the initiative of France's Emmanuel Macron, allows discussion of key European issues with non-EU allies; Britain's Andy Burnham and Canada's Mark Carney are among the non-EU attendees, with Burnham aiming to finalize details ahead of next week's EU-UK summit. A large security operation is in place, following past drone concerns around Zelenskyy's visit to Ireland in December 2025.

After Moscow, Witkoff and Kushner are expected to continue on to Dublin, while the EU's next sanctions package is due on Monday.