Yurii Fedorenko
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Hegseth denies U.S. ordered Starlink restrictions in Ukraine; Kyiv disagrees
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on October 20 that Washington had not ordered any restrictions on the Starshield satellite service used by Ukraine and that U.S. policy toward Kyiv was unchanged. The statement followed reports that the Starshield military package had been throttled, disrupting Ukrainian drone operations, and conflicting accounts from Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and Zelensky about who ordered the restrictions.