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American billionaire and SpaceX founder Elon Musk ordered limits on the military version of Starlink satellite communications used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Wall Street Journal reported this on 21 October, citing U.S. officials and sources familiar with the situation.
According to the publication, last week Musk implemented a restriction that caused Ukrainian drones to lose access to Starlink if they exceeded a certain flight speed. As a result, some strike drones and interceptor drones became practically unusable.
Musk’s decision caused panic in Kyiv and confusion within U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, the article says.
The newspaper reports that Musk discussed Ukraine with Trump. In recent weeks both have expressed outrage over Ukrainian strikes on Russian diesel fuel production plants. The U.S. president links these attacks to high energy prices.
Document: PDF proof of the original version of the news item "Паніка й розгубленість. WSJ з'ясувала, хто особисто наказав обмежити роботу Starlink для України". It records the publication content at the moment of the first scan, the preservation date and the source: Gordon.
