Ukraine accuses Elon Musk’s SpaceX of restricting military-class Starlink services without warning, thus disrupting its military combat mission. Ukrainian presidential adviser Serhiy Beskrestnov said restrictions were imposed on military-class Starlink terminals that move over 160 kilometers per hour — the speed a combat drone needs as a navigation guide.

Our defense forces did not receive warnings about these restrictions, and this caused a number of missions to be disturbed, Beskrestnov wrote in Telegram. A source in the 7th Ukrainian Rapid Reaction Corps on the southeastern frontline confirmed the Starlink’s operational disruption. These allegations appeared amid the deterioration of Kiev’s relationship with Washington, after U.S. President Donald Trump lifted sanctions on Russian diesel and urged Ukraine to stop attacks on Russian oil plants.

Poland — who paid for the Starlink Ukraine subscription — reacted harshly. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski questioned Musk on social media X: as a European customer, we watch you. Musk responds that the Starshield military system is owned and controlled by the U.S. government, and speed restrictions or use are decided by the U.S. military or president. According to Musk, Starlink is commercial only for civilian or defensive activity, not offensive military action. Meanwhile analysts estimate that Europe has no ready replacement for Starlink nor U.S. missile early warning satellite data — a dependence that is now being highlighted. European satellite operator Eutelsat shares have risen by 11.6 percent as European investors are betting for alternatives to U.S. intermediate assets

Trump lifted sanctions on Russian diesel amid political pressure to lower fuel prices that have risen since the war against Iran, and openly criticized Zelensky.Zelensky himself called Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian power plants a form of open insult to Trump.

European countries expressed full support for Ukraine, but Reuters data showed that Kiev and its allies relied heavily on U.S. systems — both low-orbit satellite communications from SpaceX and early warning systems for infrared-based missiles.