KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s access to Starlink and Starshield satellite links has been restored to the speeds it had before restrictions that disrupted front-line operations for more than a week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday.
\n\n“The speeds are now where they need to be,” Zelenskyy wrote on X, adding that restoration began overnight and were sufficient by Saturday morning, improving front-line logistics and defense against Russian jet-powered Shahed drones.
\n\nThe restoration follows a new U.S. diplomatic push to end the war. Russia agreed Wednesday to resume three-way negotiations with Washington and Kyiv next month. On Friday, Kyiv and Moscow also agreed to a localized ceasefire brokered by first lady Melania Trump around Oleshky, a war-ravaged, Russian-occupied town in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region.
\n\nRestrictions imposed last week on Starshield – SpaceX´s military-grade version of the Starlink satellite internet service and the backbone of Ukraine’s drone operations and communication – alarmed the country’s military and government officials, with commanders reporting lost drones and disrupted missions.
\n\nThe episode added to tensions between Kyiv and Washington, a relationship already strained by President Donald Trump´s reported deal with Moscow on Russian diesel imports, which Ukraine viewed as a betrayal.
\n\nUkraine’s Defense Minister Yevhenii…
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