Cutting off imagery and Starlink are going to seriously ream the performance of the Ukrainian front, which is arguably even more heavily dependent on that than on US military hardware. Ukraine has used these advantages over Russia to exceed all expectations; I've heard things like a 3:1 RU:UKR casualty rate on lines where Ukraine is outnumbered 5:1, with 80% of casualties caused by drones and most of the rest by artillery. Much of that is informed by fast-cadence imagery and organized by Starlink.
Europe and Ukraine possess only very limited ways to mitigate those losses.
Europe and Ukraine possess only very limited ways to mitigate those losses.
This betrayal is going to kill a lot of people.