President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that Ukraine’s military faces “systematic” new restrictions on Starshield satellite internet, operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX service, which plays a key role for frontline communications. Ukraine first reported problems with the use of Starshield last month following a dispute between Zelensky and US President Donald Trump over a US-Russia diesel deal. Zelensky said the latest problems were not “random errors.” Trump and Musk denied responsibility for the latest outages, although Musk later accused Ukraine of misusing SpaceX’s Starlink internet service for military purposes before all sides said full access had been restored. Starshield is the military-grade version of SpaceX’s Starlink. “Our units have been recording major disruptions in Starshield operations on the territory of Ukraine for several days now,” Zelensky said on social media. To display this content from X (Twitter), you must enable ad tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices “Systematic speed restrictions are being imposed,” Zelensky said, adding that “these are not random errors.” “This is helping the Russians kill more Ukrainians and carry out more precise attacks,” he added. The Starshield systems did not operate faster than 100 miles per hour (161 kilometers per hour), Zelensky said. The speed limits were proving to be a “major complication in intercepting Russian drones,” which move much faster. The apparent restrictions come as U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow after two days of talks in Abu Dhabi seeking a deal to end a nearly five-year war. Read moreRussia and Ukraine agree to major prisoner exchange as peace talks end “We are trying to establish all the circumstances with the American side,” Zelensky said. (FRANCE 24 with AFP)