The move to temporarily restrict the vital communications system came as the U.S. president has pressured Kyiv to stop attacks on Russian refineries.
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON – The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two U.S. officials and a Western official briefed on the matter. The officials said leaders at the Defense Department received a message that the SpaceX Starshield service for the Ukrainian military needed to be slowed. The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, did not specify who in the White House made the decision or who was responsible for implementing the order.
The Pentagon is the biggest customer of Starshield, which is the military-grade version of the Starlink service.
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