The Wall Street Journal cited unnamed officials who claimed the SpaceX founder ordered restrictions on satellite services used by Ukraine to launch drone strikes deep inside Russia
The Wall Street Journal has challenged Elon Musk’s denials over alleged restrictions on satellite services used for Ukrainian drone strikes deep inside Russia. The outlet cited unnamed White House sources who claimed that the SpaceX founder personally ordered the restrictions.
The controversy erupted last week after Ukrainian officials claimed that SpaceX’s Starlink satellite communications service and its military-grade version, Starshield, which Kiev relies on for frontline drone operations, abruptly stopped working on drones traveling faster than 160 kph (100 mph). Neither Starlink nor SpaceX has publicly acknowledged a technical “signal or service failure,” leaving the cause of the reported disruption unconfirmed.
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky initially said Kiev was told the slowdowns were caused by “technical malfunctions,” but later shifted the blame to Washington. He told NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ on Sunday that the order came from the US government, while also claiming that Ukrainian tests revealed discrepancies in Starlink performance between the EU and Ukraine.
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