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19
sentences that state something as happening or true
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5%
1 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Politics
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Poland has called out SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk for restricting access to Starlink satellite terminals across Ukraine.
Ukrainian soldiers have had their access to the internet restricted amid Donald Trump’s demands for a halt on long-range strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure, according to reports.
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access → log → reports
The service provided by Elon Musk’s SpaceX provides broadband internet and has been used for government and military communications in the war between Russia and Ukraine.
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SpaceX → provide → Russia
“Hey, @elonmusk, big man, are you playing politics with your products again?” Polish foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski wrote in a post on X on Wednesday.
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Sikorski → play → Wednesday
“As your European customers, we are watching you.”
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we → watch → you
Several combat missions failed on Tuesday evening as a result of the shutdown, an adviser on military technology to Zelensky told The Guardian.
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adviser → fail → Guardian
The outage came just as Ukraine was hit by ballistic missiles without any warning from the US for a second night, despite Donald Trump’s insistence that there is an energy ceasefire in place between the countries.
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Ukraine → come → countries
The dig referred back to a comment Musk made to Sikorski in 2025, during a spat between the foreign minister, Musk and secretary of state Marco Rubio when he said: “Be quiet, small man.”
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he → refer → state
Coincidentally, the dispute at the time was around the use of Starlink when Musk bragged that Ukraine’s “entire front line would collapse if I turned it (Starlink) off”.
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I → brag → it
At the time he had also said “no matter how much I disagree with the Ukraine policy, Starlink will never turn off its terminals...
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Starlink → say → terminals
We would never do such a thing or use it as a bargaining chip.”
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We → do → chip
Poland has said that it pays for Ukraine’s Starlink subscription, which is crucial for guiding long-range drone strikes in occupied southern and eastern Ukraine.
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which → say → Ukraine
The attacks have severely disrupted Russian logistics.
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attacks → disrupt → logistics
Starlink has also grown significantly in Iran since its introduction to the country in 2022.
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Starlink → grow → 2022
There are believed to be around 50,000 Starlink terminals in Iran, but experts believe the total is “much higher” – some estimates put it at more than 100,000.
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estimates → be → 100,000
It comes amid reports in The Telegraph that the United States had promised Ukraine extra post-war security guarantees in any deal between it and Russia before talks fell apart after Trump announced his diesel deal with Vladimir Putin.
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Trump → come → Putin
The “upgraded” guarantees were not specified in detail but the offer was reported to go further than the provision of jets to patrol Ukrainian skies and satellite intelligence support that was initially proposed.
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that → upgrade → skies
The agreement allows Moscow to supply diesel to global markets with Trump saying that the US would import 300,000 tons of the fuel.
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US → allow → fuel
He faced criticism from leaders including the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas who told Washington that “Russia has started this war.
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Russia → face → war
We should not forget this.”
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We → forget → this
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