Zelensky says restrictions block Ukraine from using "Starlink or Starshield technology"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that restrictions were blocking Ukraine from using Starlink and Starshield, according to CBS News, and asserted that Kyiv possessed proof the limits were intentional. His comment followed statements from Ukrainian officials that a limit placed late Tuesday on terminals used by Kyiv interfered with combat activities; an adviser to the presidential office also described a speed restriction. Secretary of State Marco Rubio rejected the idea that the White House caused any throttling, saying the issue seemed to occur without an order and had since been fixed. Rubio added that Ukraine has never had Starshield, a U.S. military system, though Kyiv has requested it for attacks deeper into Russia. Ukraine relies on satellite links for military communications and drone missions, so the dispute matters for its operations.