A Russian military satellite has manoeuvred to within metres of a US-registered radar satellite believed to provide intelligence to Ukraine, according to space-tracking data reported by The War Zone, a US defence news site.Cosmos 2612 may have passed ICEYE-X36, a satellite owned by the US arm of the Finnish company ICEYE.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Finland seeking one million land mines as it eyes Russian threatlist 2 of 4Children among six killed in Russian drone strike on Ukraine parklist 3 of 4US-Ukraine relations sour as Trump, Zelenskyy clash over talks, armslist 4 of 4South Korea to pull more embassy staff from Ukraine after POW rowend of listLeoLabs, a US space-tracking company, put the closest approach at about 500 metres, according to Breaking Defence.ICEYE has supplied radar imagery to Ukraine since 2022, Defence News reported.So is Russia stalking satellites which help Ukraine from space? Al Jazeera spoke to analysts to find out:What has happened?A Russian satellite has deliberately positioned itself close to a Western one, after months of manoeuvring.Cosmos 2612 is one of six satellites the Russian military launched in April, The War Zone reported.In M...

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