WASHINGTON : US aerospace firm Maxar Technologies said on Friday it had disabled access to its satellite imagery for Ukraine, as US President Donald Trump’s administration suspends intelligence sharing with Kyiv.
In a statement, Maxar said it has contracts with the US government and dozens of allied and partner nations, and “Each customer makes their own decisions on how they use and share that data.”
The company said one of those contracts is GEGD (the Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery program), a US government program providing access to commercial satellite imagery collected by the United States.
“The US government has decided to temporarily suspend Ukrainian accounts in GEGD,” Maxar said, referring further questions to the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“We take our contractual commitments very seriously, and there is no change to other Maxar customer programs,” Maxar said.
Maxar’s action was first reported by the military news outlet Militarnyi.
John Ratcliffe, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, said on Wednesday that Washington had suspended intelligence-sharing with Ukraine, piling pressure on President Volodymyr Zelensky’s government to cooperate with the Trump administration in convening peace talks with Russia.
US aerospace firm Maxar disables satellite photos for Ukraine
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US aerospace firm Maxar disables satellite photos for Ukraine
- “The US government has decided to temporarily suspend Ukrainian accounts in GEGD,” Maxar said
- Maxar’s action was first reported by the military news outlet Militarnyi
Bangladesh criticizes India over fugitive leader Hasina’s speech
- Hasina said in her audio address that “Bangladesh will never experience free and fair elections” under interim leader Muhammad Yunus
DHAKA: Bangladesh said on Sunday it was “surprised” and “shocked” that India had allowed fugitive former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to make a public address in New Delhi.
Hasina, 78, fled to neighboring India in August 2024 after a student-led uprising ended her iron-fisted 15-year rule. She made her first public speech since then in an audio address to a packed press club in Delhi on Friday.
She was found guilty in absentia by a Dhaka court in November of incitement, issuing an order to kill and inaction to prevent atrocities and was sentenced to be hanged.
“The government and the people of Bangladesh are surprised and shocked,” Dhaka’s foreign ministry said in a statement.
“Allowing the event to take place in the Indian capital and letting mass murderer Hasina openly deliver her hate speech... constitute a clear affront to the people and the Government of Bangladesh.”
It said allowing Hasina to make the speech set “a dangerous precedent” that could “seriously impair bilateral relations.”
Bangladesh voters go to the polls on February 12 to choose new leaders after a period of turmoil that followed the overthrow of Hasina’s autocratic government.
Hasina said in her audio address that “Bangladesh will never experience free and fair elections” under interim leader Muhammad Yunus.
More than 100,000 people watched the address, which was broadcast online.
Bangladesh has asked India to extradite Hasina, but New Delhi has yet to comment on the request.
India’s past support for Hasina has frayed relations between the South Asian neighbors since her overthrow.
