In the early hours of Wednesday, Denys Shmyhal, Ukraine's top envoy in Washington, swiftly alerted U.S. legislators that Ukrainian military-grade Starlink terminals had abruptly encountered usage limitations for reasons yet to be disclosed. He cautioned that such a development would tilt the balance in Russia's favor in the ongoing conflict and diminish Kyiv's capacity to thwart attacks aimed at civilians. Earlier, Ukrainian drone teams had encountered signal disruptions with their Starlink terminals during rapid maneuvers, leading to several mission failures. Ukrainian authorities surmised that this could be a restrictive action implemented by SpaceX at the behest of the Trump administration, though this remains unverified.
