Trump, Musk, Zelenskyy: who is blaming who in the Ukraine-Starlink row?

A war of words has erupted between the Trump administration, officials in Kyiv and Elon Musk over who is to blame for limiting Ukraine’s access to Space X’s military-grade version of Starlink.

The restrictions to Starshield have rendered many of the drones used by Kyiv to strike behind the frontlines inoperable and hampered air defence systems that stop Russian attacks, according to Ukrainian officials.

Donald Trump said on Thursday that the service was running again at full speed, but a European official speaking to the Associated Press denied the service was fully functioning.

Amid the diplomatic handwringing, civilian casualties in Ukraine have surged, and the question over who is ultimately responsible for limiting Kyiv’s access has remained unanswered.