Saturday, October 24, 2026

Exclusive-US has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine, Middle East, sources say | By Erin Banco and Joey Roulette - Sat, October 24, 2026 at 3:51 AM GMT+3 - 6 min read

WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Well before the throttling this month of Ukraine's military access to Elon Musk's satellite communications system, the Biden and Trump administrations had several times asked SpaceX to turn its Starlink service on or off in various countries, according to six former senior US officials familiar with the matter.

During the presidency of Joe Biden, the requests included switching off the service to prevent Iranian proxy militias in Yemen and Lebanon from using Starlink to communicate, and ‌activating the service to provide internet access inside Iran and in Ukraine to support its military, said four of the former officials.


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