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The space race didn’t end—it just went quiet. Over the past decade, Russia has been building a shadow fleet of satellites designed not to explore, but to watch, follow, and potentially interfere with others in orbit. Now, as new “inspector” satellites maneuver near key US assets, questions are growing about Moscow’s real ambitions above Earth.

After Russian bombs struck her Kyiv maternity hospital, heavily pregnant Olesia was forced to flee—beginning a 13,000-kilometer odyssey that saw her give birth in New York just days after appearing on CNN to urge the world to protect Ukrainian children. All the while, her heart remained in Kyiv.