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NPR News: 03-08-2025 2PM EST

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🗓️ 8 March 2025

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0:00.0

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Noor Rahm.

0:04.6

Ukrainian officials say at least 14 people were killed in Russian aerial attacks overnight.

0:10.6

It was the second night of heavy Russian bombardment since the U.S. stopped sharing satellite images with Ukraine,

0:17.6

significantly reducing its ability to defend itself.

0:20.9

It's part of the Trump administration's freeze on intelligence sharing with Ukraine.

0:25.5

NPR's Joanna Kikis's reports there are also fears that Trump ally Elon Musk could suspend use of his Starlink Internet service on the battlefield.

0:34.6

MaxR Technologies provide satellite images and geospatial data to the U.S.

0:39.6

and other nations through contracts. Maxar said in a statement that the U.S. government has suspended

0:45.9

Ukrainian accounts in a program that provides commercial satellite imagery. In a statement on

0:52.0

telegram, the Ukrainian cyber community site, Cyberboroshno, said users

0:56.7

in this program got access to information that helped track the movement of Russian forces and

1:02.9

Russia's use of strategic facilities. Meanwhile, Starlink helps the Ukrainian military communicate

1:08.5

and spot Russian drones.

1:16.4

The French satellite service Udelsat is offering to replace Starlink in Ukraine.

1:19.3

Joanna Kikisis, NPR News, Kyiv.

1:24.1

Refugee and groups across the U.S. are cutting staff and closing offices since the Trump administration froze funding for resettlement programs, affecting

1:29.3

thousands of newly arrived refugees. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports. Soon after arriving in the U.S.,

1:35.7

21-year-old Jefferson, who asked not to use his full name, was alarmed when his case manager in

1:41.2

Maryland was let go and his work phone cut off.

1:50.6

I was left alone with no guidance in this new country, he says.

1:56.1

Jefferson is a political refugee from Nicaragua and fears retaliation if he speaks publicly.

2:03.8

The federal freeze also meant no rent money, so he says his refugee roommate paid it with hardly anything left to live on.

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