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Elon Musk has pushed back on accusations that SpaceX throttled Ukraine’s military Starlink service overnight, saying the US military and President Trump decide those limits, not him.

Getting into it: This all started after Ukrainian units lost connection overnight and reached out to SpaceX support, only to find out anything moving faster than 100 mph was being cut off, according to officials. Ukraine says it got no warning, and the restriction hit drones, aircraft and helicopters, especially the interceptor drones Ukraine uses to take down the jet-powered Shaheds Russia has been launching lately.

One drone unit on the Zaporizhzhia front scrapped missions altogether, and Ukraine’s 7th Rapid Response Corps said its drones were dropping connection even under the cap. By Wednesday afternoon, Ukraine’s former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said service was being restored for speeds up to 100 mph, but officials say jet-powered drones fly faster than that, so they want the cap gone completely. Musk posted on X that Starshield, the military version of the service, belongs to and is run by the US government, though he didn’t say who ordered the change or why. The Pentagon and White House haven’t commented on the restriction.

“Any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS,” Musk wrote.

Zelensky adviser Serhii Beskrestnov said the move “cannot be a coincidence and is connected to the current political situation,” while Zelensky told Piers Morgan “people will die” if Starlink doesn’t work and said he felt “betrayed” by Trump’s diesel deal with Russia.

Poland, which covers the cost of more than 2,900 terminals in Ukraine, blasted Musk, with Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski writing “Hey Elon Musk, big man, are you playing politics with your products again?” Republican Sen. Thom Tillis warned that intentionally degrading Ukraine’s defenses “might be construed as aiding and abetting a mass murderer.”

Despite all of this, the White House said the US continues to play “a constructive role” in ending the war.

More to come.