Starlink appears to be working usually once more in Ukraine

SpaceX seems to have lifted restrictions the Ukrainian navy’s of use Starshield — the military-grade model of the corporate’s Starlink web system.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Defense Minister Evgeniy Khmara informed reporters that Starshield seems to be working usually once more, though the navy remains to be conducting assessments and has not acquired an evidence for the restrictions.

This follows a 10-day interval the place Ukrainian drones would lose web connectivity when flying at speeds of round 100 miles per hour, ensuing within the navy shedding management of some drones, whereas others grew to become extra susceptible as a result of they had been flying extra slowly.

President Donald Trump reportedly referred to as SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday and requested him to revive Starshield service. Both Trump and Musk have criticized Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, with Musk recently posting, “Zelensky has gone too far.”

The WSJ previously reported that Musk ordered SpaceX to throttle Ukraine’s Starlink entry, although some sources claimed he’d mentioned it with the Trump administration first. Musk claimed in a post on X that Ukraine had “violated Starlink phrases of service and used it for offensive drone strikes to kill folks.”

“Were Starlink to be turned off, the Ukrainian entrance line would collapse instantly,” Musk stated. “This is NOT a menace, it’s merely an announcement of reality.”