Ukraine's armed forces violated Starlink's terms of use by using the system for drone strikes, and that "loophole" was closed last week, Elon Musk said. "The use of Starlink, a civilian commercial service, to launch offensive drone strikes to kill people has never been approved, and it should not be," he said. Musk emphasized that if Kyiv's Starlink shut down, Ukraine's front line would immediately collapse, "and that's a fact." The entrepreneur added that the Star Shield system is controlled by the US government, and "what they decide to do is up to them." news. up to a maximum.