Politics

Musk ‘personally ordered’ slowdown of Ukraine's military satellite link

Tymon Miller

21.10.2026, 07:22

Photo by EPA/GIAN EHRENZELLER/ PAP/EPA. — Musk wrote on X that Starshield systems were “owned and controlled by the US government”. Photo by EPA/GIAN EHRENZELLER/ PAP/EPA; Matteo Della Torre/NurPhoto via Getty Images

The restriction has crippled Ukrainian drones and allowed Russian missiles to punch through air defenses