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Ukraine officials rebut claims that it violated Starlink terms
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KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian officials have disputed claims by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk that the country's military violated Starlink's terms of service by using the civilian satellite internet network for offensive drone strikes.
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President Trump said Elon Musk had restored Ukraine’s access to SpaceX’s satellite communications, while declining to say whether he personally asked Musk to lift restrictions, as news reports said Trump had pressed for the change.
Ukraine's access to Starlink and Starshield satellite links has been restored to previous speeds, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He announced Saturday that the restoration began overnight, improving front-line logistics and defense against Russian drones. It comes as U.S.
"Starlink remains critical to the defense of Ukraine, as it is the only system that cannot be jammed or blown up, at least for now. Were Starlink to be turned off, the Ukrainian front line would collapse immediately," Musk wrote.
Elon Musk on Saturday alluded to being behind last week’s Starlink slowdown in Ukraine which impacted the country’s military capabilities. “Ukraine military violated Starlink terms of service and used it for offensive drone strikes to kill people.
Elon Musk, the Chief Engineer of SpaceX, speaking about the Starlink project at MWC hybrid Keynote during the second day of Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona, on June 29, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain.
MUMBAI — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that decisions regarding Ukraine's access to Starlink were up to parent company SpaceX and Elon Musk, not the White House.
KYIV, Ukraine -- Elon Musk said Saturday that his company SpaceX had throttled the Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine, disrupting operations the country relies on to defend itself against Russia.
KYIV — Ukraine said on Saturday that the Starlink satellite system and its military version Starshield were now fully functional after over a week of restrictions that disrupted military operations and intensified tensions with the U.S.
KYIV, Ukraine — Elon Musk weighed in on the disruptions to the Ukrainian military’s satellite system for the first time on Saturday, saying in a post on X that Ukraine had violated the terms of service for his Starlink internet service by using it “for offensive drone strikes to kill people.”
Elon Musk has said his company imposed limits on the use of its Starlink satellite system in Ukraine last week, after curbs led to disruption to Ukrainian military operations.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk said the company closed a “loophole” in its Starlink system that allowed Ukraine to execute lethal drone attacks on civilians, which he said is not in compliance with the system’s terms of service.
By Lauren Kent, Kosta Gak, Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has accused Ukraine’s military of violating Starlink’s terms of service, after Kyiv said that access to the service had been restored.
Ukrainian officials have disputed Elon Musk's claims that their military violated Starlink’s terms by using it for offensive drone strikes. A defense adviser to President Zelenskyy says restrictions on Starlink in Ukraine make such use impossible.
"Using Starlink, a civilian commercial service, for offensive drone strikes to kill people has never been allowed, nor should it be," Musk tweeted Saturday.
A Republican lawmaker questioned Elon Musk’s argument for throttling Ukraine’s access to SpaceX’s Starlink satellite terminals, arguing that Ukrainian forces use the system defensively in the war with Russia.
Key developments on Oct. 24-25: * Starshield operations restored to normal speed, Zelensky confirms as Elon Musk claims Ukraine violated Starlink terms * Russian attacks kill 8, injure 51 across Ukraine over past day as drone strikes residential building in Vinnytsia * Moscow ready to resume trilate…
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What does a technological kill switch look like? Ask Ukraine. Reports of speed restrictions on its military use of Elon Musk’s satellite network Starlink, essential for fending off Russian aerial assaults, have reminded America’s allies that they rely far too much on access to critical tech that the…
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