Zelenskyy accuses U.S. of blocking satellite access

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday he believes the U.S. government ordered SpaceX to restrict his military's access to Starshield and Starlink services.

“message from [the] American government”

Zelenskyy warns of historic mistake

The Ukrainian leader claimed that siding with Russian President Vladimir Putin would be a historic mistake and that Starshield has not been fully restored despite U.S. government officials saying otherwise.

“historic mistake”

What Starshield does for Ukraine

Starlink is SpaceX's satellite internet network. Since two thousand twenty-four, the U.S. Defense Department has shared a military version called Starshield with Ukraine, costing the Pentagon billions of dollars.

How Ukraine uses the system

Zelenskyy said Ukraine uses Starlink to intercept jet fighters hitting civilians, conduct strikes on enemy military targets, and deliver food and water to soldiers on the front line using drones.

“We use Starlink to intercept the jet fighters that are hitting our civilians and killing families”

Trump and Rubio deny ordering restrictions

President Trump told reporters on Friday he did not interfere with Starshield and doesn't think Elon Musk did either. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called Zelenskyy's claims categorically false.

“It's just categorically false”

Musk says U.S. military controls the system

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on X that the U.S. government is responsible for Starshield and that any limits on speed or usage are decided by the U.S. military and ultimately the president.

“any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS”

Admiral sees signal over oil refinery strikes

Retired Navy Admiral Mark Montgomery told Here and Now that the Starshield disruptions are a response to Zelenskyy's efforts to strike Russian oil refineries, serving as a signal to stop those attacks.

“This is really a signal. It's a signal to stop attacking oil refineries”

Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine

Zelenskyy said Russia has launched more than four thousand strike drones, bombs and missiles against Ukraine over the past week. Russian attacks on Saturday night targeted energy substations, leaving tens of thousands without electricity.

Ukraine strikes Russian oil infrastructure

Ukrainian forces hit a major refinery southeast of Moscow last Thursday.On Sunday, Ukrainian strikes set an oil export terminal and depot on fire in St.Petersburg as Kyiv launched more than one thousand drones at Russia.