Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stirred the pot in a recent interview, suggesting Elon Musk didn’t work alone in restricting the country’s access to Starlink.
Musk’s slowdown restricted Ukraine’s access to Starshield, the military version of Starlink, which squeezed the country’s military capabilities, The Hill reported.
“I’m not sure that he [Musk] can do it with Starshield because it’s military. It’s government version,” Zelensky told PBS News. “I’m not sure that he could do it personally alone, without any representatives from American government.”
Musk’s move targeted Ukraine’s “military drones, airplanes, and helicopters traveling faster than 100 mph,” according to The Hill.
“I don’t know who from American side from the government did it, who allowed him,” Zelensky continued. “I think it was a dialogue between some people, and in — during this dialogue, the decision was negative for us.”
Musk addressed the issue on October 24th and 25th, stating that Starshield is controlled by the U.S. government, and accused Ukraine of violating Starlink’s terms of service by using it for offensive drone strikes.
Musk continued:
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. This is NOT a threat, it is simply a statement of fact.
Starlink was also crucial to preventing Russia from overrunning Ukraine in the early days of the war, as all other means of communication were destroyed or jammed by Russia.
SpaceX has done more to defend Ukraine than any private company on Earth BY FAR.
That said, I have nothing but UTTER CONTEMPT for the virtue-signaling evil warmongers who push for endless slaughter and offer no realistic solution to the conflict. May you burn in hell.
End of story.
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Musk followed up with a post showing Zelensky allegedly admitting to using Starlink for “mid-range” strikes.
For the fools out there, Zelensky himself posted about using Starlink for offensive drone strikes, which has always been against Starlink’s terms of service: https://t.co/GlNJ7y27co
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 25, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio was a bit cagey as to who authorized the slowdown.
“The bottom line is that that is governed by a private commercial contract as to how their stuff can be used and what speeds they’ll allow it to be used at,” Rubio told reporters in October, according to The Hill.
Zelensky added that he was still “very thankful” for Starlink and expressed interest in meeting with Musk.
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