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Lawmakers from both parties are warning of consequences after Ukraine briefly lost full access to Starshield, the military version of Starlink, with Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick saying Congress could cut funding to agencies if the US “goes dark” on Ukraine.

Getting into it: Earlier this week, Ukraine said its Starshield service, paid for by the Pentagon, was suddenly restricted overnight Tuesday into Wednesday for any device moving faster than 100 mph, disrupting drone strikes, frontline logistics and the drones Ukraine sends up to knock down Russia’s jet-powered Shaheds. A Ukrainian Defense Ministry source told Reuters the service has now been restored, though Kyiv is still waiting on an explanation. Elon Musk says Starshield is “owned and controlled by the US government” and that any limits are “decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS,” while two US officials told CNN the cutoff wasn’t ordered at a senior policy level.

The Pentagon and White House haven’t commented, and Fitzpatrick has called the cutoff a “major problem,” telling the Wall Street Journal that “agencies won’t get funding if they’re not doing their jobs.”

“Restricting Ukraine’s Starlink and Starshield access while ballistic missiles and drones attack Ukraine is unconscionable,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats wrote. “Trump’s making a choice, and it directly aids Putin’s slaughter of Ukrainian civilians.”

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the restrictions “must stop immediately” and noted the Pentagon is legally obligated to tell Congress whenever it halts or scales back intelligence sharing with Ukraine. Retiring GOP Rep. Don Bacon warned Trump’s “agenda is dead unless they change paths,” and Sen. Thom Tillis said supporting Ukraine “should not be a gray area for the US government or for American corporations.”

This all comes as Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries after declaring it “done” with Trump’s energy ceasefire, and days after Trump called for Zelensky to be replaced and struck a deal with Putin to release Russian diesel onto US and global markets despite existing sanctions.