Musk reportedly ordered slowdown of military-grade Starlink service Ukraine relies on
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Elon Musk ordered a slowdown of a military-grade version of SpaceX's Starlink satellite service that Ukraine relies on, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing US officials and people familiar with the matter. Ukraine uses Starlink for battlefield communications and drone operations, and the service is one it relies on to defend itself against Russian missile attacks. Musk, SpaceX and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment, and Reuters could not immediately verify the report. On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said decisions about Ukraine's access to Starlink were up to SpaceX and Musk, not the White House. Semafor reported that the slowdown was among a series of developments leading to a breakdown in US-Ukraine relations, and NDTV reported that Trump and Musk also discussed the matter before the decision to throttle Starlink.
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Straits Times
Source ↗Reports, citing the Wall Street Journal, that Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink that Ukraine relies on for battlefield communications and drone operations, citing US officials and people familiar with the matter.
NDTV
Source ↗Reports that Elon Musk ordered a Starlink slowdown in Ukraine and that Trump and Musk also discussed the matter before the decision to throttle Starlink.
Semafor
Source ↗Reports that the Starlink slowdown Musk ordered in Ukraine was among a series of developments leading to a breakdown in US-Ukraine relations, citing the Wall Street Journal's report.
South China Morning Post
Source ↗Reports, citing the Wall Street Journal, that Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade Starlink service Ukraine's military relies on to defend against Russian missile attacks, and that Rubio said Ukraine's Starlink access was up to SpaceX and Musk, not the White House.
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