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For years, the US has provided Ukraine with intelligence when strikes were about to take place.Donald Trump has denied that his administration has cut intelligence sharing with Ukraine. Zelenskyy also indicated that the US was continuing to share intelligence with Ukraine in an interview with NPR aired on Wednesday, but confirmed that military advisers had received threats from the US that intelligence sharing could be limited.Ukraine did not receive any warning before Russia launched its first barrage of ballistic missiles on Tuesday evening, according to Col Yurii Ihnat, a spokesperson for the air force. But it did receive warnings from \u201cforeign partners\u201d about three subsequent barrages, leaving further confusion about whether or not the US is intentionally withholding intelligence from Ukraine.SpaceX did not confirm any changes to Starlink\u2019s functionality and it was not immediately clear why the restrictions had been put in place. Terminals travelling at more than 100mph and using a version of Starlink for the military and other national security agencies suddenly lost connectivity, said Serhiy Beskrestnov, in what appeared to be a targeted outage meant to disrupt military operations.\u201cOur armed forces did not receive a warning about these restrictions and this led to the failure of a number of missions,\u201d said Beskrestnov, who is also a popular military blogger. \u201cIt\u2019s clear that this action cannot be a coincidence and is connected to the current political situation.\u201dLimiting Starlink\u2019s access speeds would have a significant effect on Ukraine\u2019s mid-range strike campaign, where it uses the satellite internet system to navigate drones to hit targets behind the front in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine. But there have been no reports that access for static Starlink terminals have been cut, meaning critical battlefield communications for soldiers should remain unaffected. The detection of incoming Russian missiles and drones relies on other technologies.Musk, an ally of Trump, had previously cut off Starlink service to Ukrainian soldiers during an offensive that took a small amount of Russian territory.Serhii Sternenko, a political activist with close ties to the military, first reported the outage and later said that the speeds at which the loss of connectivity occurred had fallen even lower. \u201cIt is likely that the company \u2018SpaceX\u2019 resorted to such measures at the request of the Trump administration,\u201d he said. \u201cOrdinary satellite communication terminals are currently operational.\u201dskip past newsletter promotionafter newsletter promotionTrump has demanded that Ukraine stop striking Russian oil refineries, which he has blamed for the high cost of diesel, although most analysts say that the closure of the strait of Hormuz has had a far larger impact on global energy prices.Zelenskyy had suggested, though not said, that the US was intentionally withholding intelligence from Ukraine about impending Russian missile strikes.Russia carried out a massive strike against Ukrainian energy infrastructure late on Tuesday evening, Zelenskyy said, launching 39 ballistic missiles and 120 attack drones against Kyiv and Kharkiv. The strikes hit several power plants and key substations that carry electricity to the capital, including from a major power plant.\u201cThe strike was entirely deliberate and demonstrative in its scale \u2013 Russia has never before shown such ostentatious disrespect toward the United States,\u201d he said. \u201cRussia does not consider the American president\u2019s statements strong.\u201dAt least 600,000 people were now without power, he said, adding that outages could become even more widespread." ], "output": "readability", "pwd": "/data/archive/1791976509.241845", "schema": "ArchiveResult", "start_ts": "2026-10-14T13:21:36.467853+00:00", "status": "succeeded" }, { "cmd": [ "/app/node_modules/readability-extractor/readability-extractor", "/tmp/tmp17tf5skb", "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/14/ukraine-soldiers-combat-access-starlink-satellite-internet-restricted" ], "cmd_version": "0.0.11", "end_ts": "2026-10-14T16:27:07.149312+00:00", "index_texts": [ "Ukraine\u2019s military has suddenly had its access to Starlink satellite internet terminals restricted as the Trump administration has increased pressure on Ukraine to halt long-range strikes on Russia\u2019s oil industry immediately.The terminals, which are produced by Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX but managed by the US government, are a key component of Ukraine\u2019s military operations and the sudden restrictions on the terminals travelling at high speeds on Tuesday evening led to the failure of several combat missions, said an adviser on military technology to Ukraine\u2019s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.The sudden outage came as Russia launched ballistic missiles at Ukraine without any advance warning from the US for a second night. For years, the US has provided Ukraine with intelligence when strikes were about to take place.Donald Trump has denied that his administration has cut intelligence sharing with Ukraine. Zelenskyy also indicated that the US was continuing to share intelligence with Ukraine in an interview with NPR aired on Wednesday, but confirmed that military advisers had received threats from the US that intelligence sharing could be limited.Ukraine did not receive any warning before Russia launched its first barrage of ballistic missiles on Tuesday evening, according to Col Yurii Ihnat, a spokesperson for the air force. But it did receive warnings from \u201cforeign partners\u201d about three subsequent barrages, leaving further confusion about whether or not the US is intentionally withholding intelligence from Ukraine.Musk said that Starlink is not licensed to clients who are using weapons, and that the Ukrainian military was linked to a separate network called Starshield, which is operated by the US government. \u201cThis is not under SpaceX control,\u201d Musk wrote.Terminals travelling at more than 100mph and using a version of Starlink for the military and other national security agencies suddenly lost connectivity, said Serhiy Beskrestnov, in what appeared to be a targeted outage meant to disrupt military operations.\u201cOur armed forces did not receive a warning about these restrictions and this led to the failure of a number of missions,\u201d said Beskrestnov, who is also a popular military blogger. \u201cIt\u2019s clear that this action cannot be a coincidence and is connected to the current political situation.\u201dA firefighter works at the site of a food store hit by a Russian attack on Lutsk on 14 October. Photograph: State Emergency Service of Ukraine/ReutersLimiting Starlink\u2019s access speeds would have a significant effect on Ukraine\u2019s air defences because it is being used, according to Beskrestnov, in \u201cthe most current effective solution\u201d: interceptors that target the jet-powered Shahed drones now deployed in large numbers to bomb Ukraine.\u201cWith their actions our partners are depriving us of one of the few chances we have to defend ourselves,\u201d he added in a follow-up post. Shahed interception rates had already dropped from more than 90% to about 60% when Russia upgraded its engines to jet power in the early summer.But there have been no reports that access for static Starlink terminals has been cut, meaning critical battlefield communications for soldiers should remain unaffected. The detection of incoming Russian missiles and drones relies on other technologies.Musk has supported Trump\u2019s calls for Zelenskyy to be replaced as Ukraine\u2019s leader \u2013 an extraordinary act of political interference against a wartime ally \u2013 as a personal feud between the two presidents has burst into the open.The reports that Starlink was being throttled on the frontlines were interpreted by some as further pressure on Ukraine to end the fighting and make a deal with Russia at any cost.Serhii Sternenko, a political activist with close ties to the military, first reported the outage and later said that the speeds at which the loss of connectivity occurred had fallen even lower. \u201cIt is likely that the company \u2018SpaceX\u2019 resorted to such measures at the request of the Trump administration,\u201d he said. \u201cOrdinary satellite communication terminals are currently operational.\u201dskip past newsletter promotionafter newsletter promotionTrump has demanded that Ukraine stop striking Russian oil refineries, which he has blamed for the high cost of diesel, although most analysts say that the closure of the strait of Hormuz has had a far larger impact on global energy prices.Zelenskyy had suggested, though not said, that the US was intentionally withholding intelligence from Ukraine about impending Russian missile strikes.Russia carried out a massive strike against Ukrainian energy infrastructure late on Tuesday evening, Zelenskyy said, launching 39 ballistic missiles and 120 attack drones against Kyiv and Kharkiv. 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