The administration of US President Donald Trump “has nothing to do” with restricting Starlink operations in Ukraine; no one ordered the speed to be slowed down.

This was stated by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a statement to the press, Censor.NET reports with reference to “European Truth”.

“It just happened”

Yes, Rubio was asked about who is responsible for restricting the operation of Starlink systems in Ukraine.

He said that the Starshield system is currently unavailable to Ukraine, although Kyiv is negotiating access to this product for long-range strikes against Russia.

“Starshield is a defense product, a military product. And, as I said, it’s something that our armed forces – the US armed forces – use . It’s not available to Ukraine right now, and that’s under discussion. Negotiations are ongoing as to how they would like to use it,” the Secretary of State noted.

Regarding President Volodymyr Zelensky’s alleged intentional restrictions on Starlink operations for the Ukrainian military, Rubio rejected these accusations.

“I’m not sure Zelensky knows what he’s talking about, but it wasn’t done intentionally. We have nothing to do with this… Nobody ordered Starlink to slow down. It just happened, but as I understand it, the speed has already been restored. Everything is back to normal. Although this applies specifically to Starlink. They used Starlink for their drones,” Rubio explained.

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He added that the White House did not issue an order to reduce the speed of Starlink for Ukraine.

“Yeah, I don’t know what their theory is, but it has nothing to do with the White House. I saw a report about it the other day. It’s just flat out false. No one in the White House ordered anyone to slow down the internet or reduce the speed so that certain drones couldn’t use it. But my understanding is that the system is back up and running,” Rubio said. Джерело: https://censor.net/ua/n4029050

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