Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told ABC News on Friday that the Starlink network is "still not fully working," despite assurances from President Donald Trump, according to ABC News.
According to The Hill, Ukraine's military on Friday struggled with a still-slowed Starlink satellite system, a day after Trump said SpaceX owner Elon Musk had restored the service. The Hill reported that connections to Starshield, the military version of Starlink that Ukraine relies on to defend against missile and drone attacks from Russia, continued to fail.
A dispute over responsibility has also emerged. The Guardian reported that a "war of words" has erupted between the Trump administration, officials in Kyiv and Musk over who is to blame for limiting Ukraine's access to Starshield, SpaceX's military-grade version of Starlink. The Guardian also reported that the restrictions have rendered many of the drones Kyiv uses for strikes.
The reports differ on the status of the service. ABC News attributed to Zelenskyy the view that the network is still not fully working, while The Hill described the Ukrainian military as struggling with a system that remained slowed on Friday. The available summaries do not detail what each party has said about who is responsible, and they do not identify a single cause beyond the restrictions on Starshield that The Guardian described.
The Guardian's report was written by Jonathan Yerushalmy, and The Hill's by Ellen Mitchell. The ABC News summary does not list an author.
Sources: The Guardian: Trump, Musk, Zelenskyy: who is blaming who in the Ukraine-Starlink row?; ABC News: Zelenskyy tells ABC News Starlink network still isn't fully working; The Hill: Ukraine: Starlink still isn’t working after Trump restoration promise.