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Posted on 11/15/2026 10:24:52 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
A crucial US satellite internet service is still operating too slowly and affecting Ukraine's ability to stop Russian attacks, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
"We are counting on these restrictions being lifted. The protection of lives and Ukraine's energy infrastructure ahead of winter directly depends on this," he said.
The issue over the speed of the Starshield system - a military military-grade Starlink service owned by Elon Musk and provided to Ukraine by the US government - has been rumbling on for weeks.
Zelensky said he had asked officials "to work as closely as possible" with the US government and Musk's company. "It is important to be on the right side of history," he said.
Ukraine uses the normal Starlink service for communications on the battlefield, while Starshield is used for the interception of missiles and drones in Ukraine airspace.
The issue of speed restrictions was first identified in October. It led to conflicting accounts by both Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump.
Musk said the US government was responsible as Starshield was controlled by them, but Trump denied being responsible and said he had told the billionaire owner to "put it back".
It appeared to be returning to normal after a week, following which Ukraine said the restrictions were still being implemented.
The connection issues coincided with a tense diplomatic stand-off between Zelensky and Trump over Ukrainian strikes on oil infrastructure within Russia.
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I thought Musk was unequivocally clear on that.
Ukraine uses the normal Starlink service for communications on the battlefield, while Starshield is used for the interception of missiles and drones in Ukraine airspace.
I’m not sure that Ukraine really has to depend on satellites to defend cities like Kiev from drones.
Ukraine has radar. Russian drones can be shot down by Ukrainian defenders much as US warplanes might be shot down by Iranian defenders.
Iran doesn’t need Starshield.
Trump is trying to make Nato pay Ukraine which I agree with totally.
That said, I think Z is right that he needs this assistance and Musk, who I admire very much, should give it to him
Ukraine has jet planes that fly faster than Russian jet drones.
There’s no risk to the Ukrainian jets near Kiev and far from the front lines.
The Russian jet drones are basically equivalent to Nazi V-1s as far as being intercepted is concerned.
He was. They broke the rules.
“...to work as closely as possible” with the US government...”
The only thing the US govenrment has in common with this is we are paying a lot of the bills through organizations via agencies like USAID. This is Musk’s company. He is not an employee of the US government. This is “z’s” efforts to try to use the poower of the press in a lie to gain his support he isn’t paying for. And the socialists are eating it up and spitting it back in our laps. The little pri— needs to shut up and feel lucky he’s gotten what he has.
wy69
How does this generalissimo have standing to declare what is or is not the “right side of history”
True.
Russian drones are hard to intercept.
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