"Starlink" response from Elon Musk to Ukraine: "The US government may be behind the restriction"

While Starlink is a civilian service that uses satellites in low Earth orbit to provide internet access, especially in remote areas, Starshield is known as a service designed for government and military use.

Ukrainian military officials announced yesterday that Musk's SpaceX company began disrupting the operation of military terminals while they were moving at high speed without any warning.

Serhiy Beskrestnov, advisor to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskiy, said in his statement: "Our defense forces were not warned about this restriction, which led to the disruption of various operations." Beskrestnov stated that the restriction affects Starshield, the military version of Starlink.

According to Ukrainian Ministry of Defense sources and another military source, the speed limitation hinders Ukraine's ability to launch attacks against Russian targets in occupied regions and defend itself from Russian drones using its own interceptor drones.

Ukraine is in contact with SpaceX, the US government and NATO to get clarification on the sudden restrictions, the sources said.