White House Ordered Limits on Ukraine’s Starshield Service – Reuters
The restrictions slowed battlefield communications and drone missions, and Ukrainian officials said the terminals now work only up to 100 miles per hour, Reuters reported.
- On Thursday, Ukrainian officials reported that the White House restricted SpaceX Starshield access, imposing speed limits on military-grade receptors mounted on fast-moving drones and complicating strike missions against Russian forces.
- President Donald Trump has pressured Kyiv to cease attacks on Russian refineries, blaming these strikes for rising energy prices that threaten Republican Party prospects in November's midterm elections.
- SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed Wednesday that the U.S. government controls Starshield usage, while a Ukrainian Defence Ministry official said receptors now operate at speeds up to 100 miles per hour.
- Senior Ukrainian officials sought answers on Tuesday and Wednesday from the White House, State Department, and Pentagon, though a senior U.S. official denied the president requested the limit.
- Tensions stem from a controversial deal where Russia supplies more than 2.25 million barrels of diesel to global markets, which lawmakers argue provides Moscow with war funding and complicates pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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The U.S. administration has instructed the Pentagon to slow down the work of Starshield's U.S. satellite communications to the Ukrainian military, and President Donald Trump has not personally issued such an order; the Pentagon leadership has been instructed to slow down the Starshield satellite system for the Ukrainian armed forces on the battlefield; the order to limit communication services for the management of Ukrainian drones has come from…
The order to restrict the operation of the Starshield satellite system, which Ukraine uses to communicate on the battlefield and control drones, came from the White House.
The restraining order of a satellite system used by Ukraine for communications on the battlefield and drone operations came from inside the White House, said to Reuters two American officials and one Western official familiar with the situation. Officials said that the leaders of the Department of Defense received a message according to ...
The White House has ordered restrictions on the SpaceX Starshield satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations, Reuters news agency has learned from American and Western officials.
AN ORDER to restrict the Starshield satellite system, critical to the Ukrainian military's communications and drone control, came directly from the White House.
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