Canada, Germany, Norway and European Union loans will pay for the 500 interceptors. Ukraine wants them sooner, as Russia steps up its missile and drone attacks.
The Russian leader praised the SpaceX founder at a summit in Moscow. His own country has launched only a small share of what Starlink has in orbit.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre phoned Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. It was a rare direct contact by Western European leaders, and the Kremlin offered no sign of compromise












