Russia satellite close pass on Finnish ICEYE craft raises space warfare alarm

US officials publicly accused Russia of a deliberately reckless close approach by Kosmos-2612 to Finnish commercial satellite ICEYE-X36, which supplies imagery to Ukraine. Russia dismissed the claims as absurd and counter-accused Washington of aggressive space ambitions. The incident, raised at a UN debate, signals escalating orbital confrontation with direct implications for military intelligence support to Ukraine.

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