顿涅茨克地区，乌克兰，10月16日 - 对于在乌克兰东部作战的一个炮兵部队而言，美国本周决定减少卫星公司星链（Starlink）向军方提供的服务产生了立即影响。
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine, Oct 16 - For one artillery unit fighting in eastern Ukraine, the US decision this week to reduce services provided by satellite company Starlink to the military had an immediate impact.
与总部的通信被中断，网络速度下降，这在无人机构成持续威胁、及时获取目标和威胁信息可能决定生死的战争中构成了风险。
Communications with headquarters were interrupted and internet speeds dropped, posing risks in a war where drones present a constant danger and up-to-date information on targets and threats can make the difference between life and death.
“在宣布与星链的连接正在恶化之后，它确实产生了负面影响，”28岁的乌克兰人乌克兰（Ukrlan）说，他是特种步枪警察营一个炮兵部队的成员。他要求仅以他的呼号身份被识别，以符合乌克兰军队的惯例。
"Immediately after the announcement that the connection with Starlink was deteriorating, it really did have a negative impact," said Ukrlan, a 28-year-old serving with an artillery unit of the Special Rifle Police Battalion. He asked to be identified only by his callsign, in keeping with Ukrainian military practice.
“我们立刻就感受到了，”他在顿巴斯地区激烈争夺的前线附近的掩体里告诉路透社。
"We felt it straight away," he told Reuters from his bunker near the front line in the fiercely contested region of Donbas.
“我们阵地的网络速度显著恶化，与总部和指挥部的通信也显著恶化。”官员们表示，白宫下达命令，限制乌克兰用于战场通信和无人机操作的SpaceX星盾（Starshield）卫星系统。
"The internet speed at our position had deteriorated significantly and communication with our headquarters and our command had deteriorated significantly." According to officials, the White House issued an order to limit SpaceX's Starshield satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations.
乌克兰及其西方伙伴谴责这一举动是在援助俄罗斯进行这场战争，这场战争早在莫斯科近五年前发动全面入侵时就已开始。美国表示，它希望结束战争，并正在为此努力。
Ukraine and its Western partners have decried the move as aiding Russia in the war which began nearly five years ago with Moscow's full-scale invasion. The US says it wants to end the war and is working towards doing so.
虽然大部分注意力都集中在星盾上——这是SpaceX星链服务的军用版本——但乌克兰的评论指出，影响更广泛的网络连接和速度中断。
While much of the focus has been on Starshield, the military-grade version of SpaceX's Starlink service, Ukrlan's comments point to broader disruptions affecting internet connectivity and speeds.
乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基周五在布鲁塞尔告诉领导人，星链服务已经有所改善，但尚未完全恢复，他说这使平民生命处于危险之中。
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told leaders in Brussels on Friday that Starlink services had improved but had not yet been fully restored, which he said put civilian lives at risk.
炮声隆隆 乌克兰的部队从深埋于地下、严密伪装的阵地向俄军目标发射榴弹炮。士兵们在一座昏暗的木架掩体内，借助头灯的光亮匆忙准备炮弹，每次炮声轰鸣、烟雾弥漫时都捂住耳朵。
ROAR OF THE GUN Ukrlan's unit had been firing a howitzer at Russian targets from a heavily camouflaged position dug deep into the ground. Soldiers hurriedly prepared shells in a dark, timber-framed bunker by the light of head torches, covering their ears each time the gun roared and filled the space with smoke.
该士兵表示，星链速度变慢削弱了军方探测和拦截来袭导弹及无人机的能力。
The soldier said slower Starlink speeds had impaired the military's ability to detect and intercept incoming missiles and drones.
美国临时限制该系统的举措出现在特朗普总统施压基辅，要求其停止对俄炼油厂的袭击之际。
The US move to temporarily restrict the system came as President Donald Trump has pressured Kyiv to stop its attacks on Russian oil refineries.
他将这些袭击归咎于能源价格飙升，认为这正在削弱共和党在11月中期选举中的前景，尽管专家表示，价格飙升主要是美国与伊朗冲突的结果。对乌克兰人而言，他的做法后果十分明显。
He has blamed those strikes for soaring energy prices that are denting his Republican Party's prospects in the November midterm elections, although experts say that the spike is mainly the result of the US war with Iran. For Ukrainians, the consequences of his approach are clear.
“起初他坚持强调，他将在非常短的时间内帮助我们结束战争，”乌克兰说，指的是特朗普承诺在重返白宫后不久结束乌克兰战争。
"At first he insisted very strongly that he would help us bring it to an end in a very short space of time," Ukrlan said, referring to Trump's promise to end the Ukraine war soon after his return to office.
“但我们完全没有看到任何迹象。而且情况每天、每周都在恶化。”路透社
"But we haven't seen any sign of that at all. And things are just getting worse every day, every week." REUTERS