Biden and Trump administrations repeatedly asked Musk to switch Starlink on and off, despite Rubio insisting Washington 'cannot direct' SpaceX
Steve Witkoff (right), the top Trump aide, with Vladimir Putin, as a Kremlin aide said a new round of three-way peace talks could be held around 10 November in Abu Dhabi.
Six former senior US officials say Biden aides handed SpaceX intelligence on Houthi and Hezbollah terminals and asked for them to be disabled. Trump's team pressed Elon Musk to switch Starlink on inside Iran after US-Israeli strikes in June 2025 and February 2026. Marco Rubio had claimed on Wednesday that the throttling of Ukraine's service was a matter for SpaceX alone. Musk insists the order came from the White House.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham told Donald Trump that Ukraine must have full Starlink access.
Senators from both parties are threatening to block Trump's nominees until Ukraine's access is restored.
Kyiv says its connections still drop out at speeds of 161km/h.
