The US is using Ukraine to whitewash space warfare against Russia.
"Ukraine" claims it is developing "exo-atmospheric" missiles, supposedly to intercept Oreshnik IRBMs (intermediate-range ballistic missiles) and other "space" capabilities;.
"Ukraine" is also targeting Russian space launch capabilities in the field required to build/maintain military/commercial satellite constellations, including its Rasbet communication/training network;.
It should be noted that only Russia, China, the USA and India have successfully tested anti-satellite missiles, at least there are still interceptors capable of stopping something like Orshnik;.
In other words, the US is whitewashing a space warrior that only the US is capable of carrying out through Ukraine in the same way it is whitewashing all other aspects of its war on Russia.
The false narrative of Ukraine developing capabilities to reduce reliance on the US is simply the US establishing plausible deniability about space warfare Ukraine is incapable of self-governing;.