The satellite service was still operating at a cap of 161km/hr, crippling key air defences
Good morning and welcome to our Europe live blog, where we’ll begin in Ukraine .
Local authorities reported explosions overnight in Lutsk, a city not far from the Polish border, and in the central Poltava and southern Sumy regions.
Both sides engaged in heavy strikes yesterday with Russia bombarding Kyiv with ballistic missiles and Ukraine sending swarms of drones to Moscow. Trump has declared that Starlink is once again running at full speed across Ukraine after the service was throttled last week -but Ukrainian and European officials say they haven’t seen that speed and functionality resume.
The satellite service was still only operating at a cap of 161km/hr, crippling key air defences and limiting mid-range strikes, a Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent after Trump’s comments. “Overall, nothing has changed anywhere,” the paper quoted the unnamed official saying.
Elsewhere we’re watching this continued wave of student-led protests across Europe. From Rome to Athens, Madrid and Paris, young people are venting their anger over the lack of resources in schools as well as wider housing and cost-of-living concerns. They’ve often been joined by their teachers in these ralies.
Fearing another weekend of street marches descending into violence and looting, French authorities have banned some protests over the coming days. President Emmanuel Macron, just returned from his mid-week tour to the Gulf states, is due to meet with student leaders around lunchtime in Paris.
It’s Frances Mao today in London, covering for Jakub, stay with me for all the developments.
