{"id":1455338,"date":"2026-10-21T09:38:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T06:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/musk-could-have-independently-restricted-starlink-for-ukraine-without-trumps-consent\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T09:38:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T06:38:37","slug":"musk-could-have-independently-restricted-starlink-for-ukraine-without-trumps-consent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/musk-could-have-independently-restricted-starlink-for-ukraine-without-trumps-consent\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk could have independently restricted Starlink for Ukraine without Trump&#8217;s consent."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>American businessman Elon Musk personally ordered the restriction of Starshield&#8217;s military satellite communications in Ukraine. However, he did not have to discuss this decision with US President Donald Trump.<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p> <em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em> reports this, citing American officials.<\/p>\n<p> According to the publication, Musk and Trump expressed dissatisfaction with Ukrainian strikes on Russian fuel plants. Musk then ordered the speed of terminal operations in Ukraine to be limited.<\/p>\n<p> Accounts of when the businessman discussed this decision with Trump differ. Some sources claim the conversation took place after the restriction became public. Another source claims they discussed it beforehand.<\/p>\n<p> After restrictions were identified in Ukraine, SpaceX representatives contacted the White House to coordinate a common understanding of the situation and a possible response.<\/p>\n<p> Some US officials believe Musk acted independently and that Trump did not issue the order. Meanwhile, other sources claim the businessman communicated with US politicians and the president himself before the restrictions were imposed.<\/p>\n<p> \t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/i-don-t-know-who-gave-the-order-trump-denied-us-involvement-in-restricting-starlink-operations-in-ukraine\/\">\u201cI don\u2019t know who gave the order\u201d: Trump denied US involvement in restricting Starlink operations in Ukraine<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\nAs reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/cherez-problemy-zi-starlink-zsu-skasuvaly-chastynu-misiy-viyskovi-rozpovily-pro-naslidky\/\">on the night of October 14, the Ukrainian military detected limitations in the Starlink satellite communications system, specifically the Starshield system.<\/a> The communication disruptions made it more difficult for the Defense Forces to control drones, and some combat missions had to be cancelled.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/u-minoborony-povidomyly-pro-vidnovlennia-roboty-starshield\/\">The Ministry of Defense later reported that Starshield satellite communications had resumed and were gradually improving.<\/a> The Defense Ministry is continuing to investigate the causes of the restrictions that arose yesterday and is testing the system&#8217;s performance at the front.<\/p>\n<p> However, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/bilyy-dim-zaperechuie-prychetnist-do-obmezhen-starlink-v-ukraini-u-ssha-zvernutsia-do-spacex\/\">the Trump administration denies any involvement in the restrictions on Starlink operations in Ukraine.<\/a> Washington stated that it will contact SpaceX to determine the cause of the problems.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>&#8220;Pryamy&#8221;<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Telegram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American businessman Elon Musk personally ordered the restriction of Starshield&#8217;s military satellite communications in Ukraine. However, he did not have to discuss this decision with US President Donald Trump. The Wall Street Journal reports this, citing American officials. According to the publication, Musk and Trump expressed dissatisfaction with Ukrainian strikes on Russian fuel plants. Musk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":1301275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874,76875],"class_list":["post-1455338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1455338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1301275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1455338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1455338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}