Elon Musk Says Ukraine Violated Starlink’s Rules
The comments came after the disruption in the country’s satellite service. Earlier, Ukraine said drones using Starshield, the Pentagon-funded service, were back to normal speeds./ Ukrainian soldiers operated a drone over Russian-occupied territory from the Zaporizhzhia region in 2023. Credit... Lynsey Addario for The New York Times Sheera Frenke l reported from San Francisco. Siobhan O’Grady and Liubov Sholudko reported from Kyiv, Ukraine/ Oct. 24, 2026/ Elon Musk weighed in on Saturday with his first explanation of the disruptions to the Ukrainian military’s satellite system, saying in a post on X that Ukraine had violated the terms of service for his Starlink internet service by using it “for offensive drone strikes to kill people.”/ Mr. Musk, 55, added that his company SpaceX, which operates the Starlink satellite system, had closed the “loophole” last week, though he offered few specifics. He differentiated between Starlink, which he said was a service meant for c...