Zelenskyy questions SpaceX over reported Starshield speed restrictions

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reportedly accused Elon Musk's SpaceX of misleading Kyiv over speed restrictions to its Starshield network.Zelenskyy said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces were facing restrictions to the service, with terminals limited to a maximum speed of 161 kilometres per hour in areas occupied by Vladimir Putin's invading forces."The restrictions have now been in place for five days," the Ukrainian leader said in comments released on Saturday and reported by multiple outlets. "They say it is some kind of technical issue. We do not believe that is the case."The restrictions have been directly affecting Ukraine's ability to intercept Russian jet-powered attack drones, Zelenskyy said in an address at the European Political Community summit in Dublin earlier this week."If someone in America is making decisions that basically treat Ukrainian territory as if it is not Ukrainian, then this tells us where things are going," he told the summit.On Friday, he added that Kyiv had received "no clear explanations" for the curbs."I instructed Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defense to step up contacts with the U.S. Department of State, the Pentagon, and SpaceX to obtain clarification and resolve the situation," he wrote in a post on social media.Starshield has proved critical to Ukraine's military operations against Russian forces, providing resilient internet and communications over the battlefield.It…