Elon Musk ordered a reduction in Starshield services for Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday (October 20, 2026), after the tech billionaire said any limits on the SpaceX-operated communications system would ultimately have come from the President.
“Nothing’s changed from our view. “It wasn’t me. And I don’t think it was Elon,” Mr. Mr. Trump.
We haven’t made any directives or anything like that,” he said. President Donald Trump said he did not request any curbs to Starshield. Trump said. Musk had previously said that “any limits on speed or usage” of Starshield systems were “decided by the U.S. military and ultimately POTUS,” referring to Mr.
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Relations between Washington and Kyiv have been increasingly tense in recent days, with Mr. Trump calling for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to be replaced after he slammed a U.S. deal allowing more Russian diesel into global markets.
