Musk accused Ukraine's armed forces of using Starlink for offensive attacks "to kill people" The head of SpaceX confirmed that his company limited the speed of Starlink satellite communications in Ukraine, and claimed that Kiev violated the terms and used Starlink for offensive drone attacks "to kill people." "This loophole was closed last week. Star Shield is another system under the control of the US government. It's up to them to decide how to use it," Elon Musk wrote in X. According to him, Starlink played a central role in preventing the Russian takeover of Ukraine in the early days of the war and is still crucial to the country's defense. "If Starlink was turned off, the Ukrainian front would collapse immediately. This is not a threat, but a simple statement of fact. SpaceX has done immeasurably more to protect Ukraine than any other private company on Earth," he said. Musk expressed his "deepest contempt" for "hypocritical warmongers" who advocate "endless carnage" and offer no realistic solution to the conflict. "Rot in hell," wrote the head of SpaceX, without specifying who exactly he meant. An independent adviser to the President of Ukraine Sergey Baskarstanov ("Flash") commented that the Ukrainian armed forces cannot use the commercial Starlink to carry out long- and medium-range attacks. Since the winter of 2026, "all Starlink terminals on the territory of Ukraine (including occupied territories) have a limited speed of 70-90 km/h", in addition, Starlink does not operate in Russia, Flash recalled.