Daniel Wolfram
The Ukrainian president is sounding the alarm after Starlink is once again not working properly within the Ukrainian borders.
Before the midterm elections in the United States of America, President Donald Trump tried to strong-arm President Volodymyr Zelenskyy into making a peace treaty.
Perhaps not coincidentally, Starlink, the satellite internet service developed and operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, stopped working properly for a period of time.
Access was eventually restored. However, the Ukrainian president just posted on social media that Starlink is down once again.
Starlink down “for several days”
Right as Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are arriving in Moscow to visit with President Vladimir Putin, Zelenskyy is claiming that Starlink is not working properly.
“Specifically, systematic speed restrictions are being imposed on Starshield, limiting it to 161 kilometers per hour (100 miles per hour). The Ukrainian military have already investigated the circumstances, and these are not random errors but systematic speed restrictions,” he writes on social media.
The outcome of Starlink not working properly is that Ukraine is having a very tough time “intercepting Russian jet-powered drones.”
Zelenskyy claims Ukrainians are losing lives over Starlink
The consequences laid out by Zelenskyy are very grim.
“Unfortunately, this is helping the Russians kill more Ukrainians and carry out more accurate strikes against Ukraine. We are trying to establish all the circumstances with the American side,” Zelenskyy writes.
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There has not been an update yet from Elon Musk, Starlink, or the White House. Last time this happened, Musk and the Trump administration blamed each other for why Starlink was not working at full speed in war-torn Ukraine.
