Part of Russia's Escalating Strikes on Ukraine · 6 stories · since Oct 13 · newest 9d ago
Starlink/Starshield access to Ukraine still throttled despite Trump's claim of a fixUkraine adapts its war-fighting tech to rely less on Starlink
7 Oct 23 7:00 AM · 16d ago · 28 articles · 3 videos · 46 posts · 5 comments · 8 sources · development 7 of 7
Ars Technica and CNBC report Ukraine is changing drone and communications tech to reduce dependence on Starlink, as commercial demand for alternatives to Musk's network grows while few viable substitutes exist.
Donald Trump US President
Elon Musk SpaceX/Starlink CEOVolodymyr Zelensky President of Ukraine
JD Vance US Vice President
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What was reported 5 claims about this development
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first by Philadelphia Inquirer, 16d ago · also Globe and Mail, Japan Today, AP News, Toronto Star, WTOP News, Channel 3000
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first by Ars Technica, 16d ago
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first by CNBC, 16d ago
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first by Guardian, 16d ago
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first by Bangkok Post, 22d ago
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What people said 24 voices · best of 32 · verbatim
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President Donald Trump claimed that Elon Musk had restored Ukraine's access to a military-grade version of his Starlink internet service, called Starshield, but Ukrainian officials have said restrictions remain in place that are complicating Kyiv's war effort.
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* TRUMP ON ACCESS TO STARLINK IN UKRAINE: MUSK WON'T DO ANYTHING WRONG @reuters.com
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Restrictions on Starlink and its military-grade version have not been fully lifted along Ukraine's front lines. https://www. euronews.com/2026/10/23/starli nk-restrictions-not-lifted-in-ukraine-despite-trumps-claims-defence-officials-say
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Sooo....'publicly" the gaslighting part, the Pentagon, ie Peter Hegseth points the finger at Musk, citing corporate disallows weaponry application. Yah, bunches of bananas bowl sh. And Musk says, again "publicly", (that gaslighting part again), that since the Pentagon is funding the app, Hegseth follows Wikoff and Kushner/Trump's orders to…
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🚨A Ukrainian official tells me that Starlink and Starshield are still restricted in Ukraine despite Trump's claim that it is back up
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washingtonpost.com/world/2026/1... PUTIN’S PUPPET LIED AGAIN!! #Blues
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Trump says he does not know who ordered the Starlink restrictions for Ukraine and has not yet spoken to Elon Musk. He said he had heard the issue was already resolved, but added that if it is not, he will speak with Musk and "take care of it." After a reporter said Zelensky says Starlink still is not working in Ukraine, Trump replied that he had…
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as of bbc news today, its still being 'throttled' so bastards blatantly fucking lie right to your fucking face, they'll get theirs... soon
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Thanks to Trump and Musk.. Reports have StarLink still not restored/working properly, above certain speeds. Is the Trump Administration lying?
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“The statement said the ceasefire [in Oleshky] was brokered by Melania Trump, and her representative worked directly with Russian and Ukrainian leadership to define the terms.”
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Eleven days after Ukraine's Starshield terminals started mysteriously malfunctioning, there is still nobody in Washington who will take responsibility, while Trump administration officials continue pointing fingers firmly at SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. https:// kyivindependent.com/analysis-u…
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Hegseth. On his own. And Rubio couldn't fix it. This is 't a flex Don. Just shows how chaotic of an admin you run.
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“SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell confirmed reports that Musk’s company was taking steps to block Ukraine’s military from using Starlink with drones. That followed Musk’s social media comments about not allowing Starlink to be used for “long-range drone strikes.”
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The Trump regime fully throwing Elon Musk under the bus now, laying responsibility for the sabotage of Ukraine’s Starshield satellite communications firmly at the feet of the nazi salute Elon. So many accounts on here that post about Ukraine post bad/wrong information. Just lots of regurgitating bad takes or disinformation. Holy dogs. Overall…
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not a fan of Hitler, but even he had some good traits. He wasn`t greedy, and he volunteered in a war.
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Ukraine says this is not true, but it’s still on the NYT homepage.
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"Ukraine’s chargé d’affaires in the US D Sienik, tells RFERL # Starshield speed restrictions remain in place,🚨WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. 🚨Every day matters for # Ukraine bc every Ukrainian life matters,” adding: Ukrainians are still waiting for positive news." -A Raufogul Ukraine's Starshield terminals were still experiencing severe problems on Oct…
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I'm still confused why Ukraine thinks they can trust Starlink at all, for anything.
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Making do without Starlink. We all know that Canada is hastening to eliminate its dependency in Starlink, but there are others who are equally anxious to distance themselves from Musk. Here's the response of Ukraine and others to Starlink's new political instability.
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" # Ukraine 's Starshield terminals were still experiencing severe problems on Oct. 23, multiple Ukrainian officials told the Kyiv Independent, raising questions as to whether the U.S. government is actually in control of a piece of vital national security infrastructure, or whether, as multiple American government officials have claimed, control…
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another day, another lyin headline. the musk and trump assistance to putin is not playing politics. what they are doing is helping murder ukrainians in a war ukraine did not begin. hey jeremy.hsu@arstechnica.com its war criminality by billionaire grifters
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Today, maga would probably consider him some sort of socialist: “Eisenhower believed that it was crucial for the U.S. to build alliances and to help increase standards of living around the globe in order to prevent such a scenario. He built NATO and began the Food for Peace initiative, a program that later was absorbed into the U.S. Agency for…
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From the U.S. # Congress Sen. Blumenthal opens inquiry into Ukraine's Oct 13 loss of Starshield access asking Hegseth whether the White House, Pentagon or SpaceX ordered the stop. https:// kyivindependent.com/us-senator -blumenthal-opens-probe-into-ukraine-starshield-restrictions/ # Ukraine # usa # news # eu
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Looks like # Trump & # Musk see more profit in siding with # Putin than # Ukraine . Sick. # corruption # voteblue # Ukrainewar # starlink https://www. theguardian.com/world/live/202 6/oct/23/starlink-ukraine-musk-trump-russia-black-sea-strikes-france-milan-europe-protests-latest-news-updates
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