Breaking News: Musk ordered slowdown of Starlink service used by Ukraine's military, WSJ reports | Reuters
Elon Musk last week ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of SpaceX's Starlink that Ukraine relies on, the Wall Street Journal reported...
Musk and US President Donald Trump discussed the Starlink decision in a call soon after the slowdown became public... the two had also discussed the matter prior to the decision to throttle Starlink.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/musk-ordered-starlink-slowdown-that-blindsided-ukraine-wsj-reports-2026-10-20/
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