Ukraine accuses U.S. of helping Russia as missiles hit Kyiv

Ukrainian officials stated that the fighting capacity of their drones was reduced after sudden restrictions were imposed on the battlefield use of U.S.-made Starlink communication terminals. The National Post reported that Ukrainian defense sources said SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk, unilaterally restricted the operation of Starshield terminals without prior warning.

Regarding the energy sector, the Kyiv Independent reported that the Trump administration has been actively helping Russia win the war, noting that President Trump announced a surprise energy ceasefire that Kyiv did not know about. According to Meduza (English), Trump stated on October 11 that Russia and Ukraine had agreed not to strike each other's oil refineries, an announcement President Volodymyr Zelensky said was news to him.

Ajel English reported that Russia claims Ukraine is not moving toward a ceasefire over the energy sector following attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak claimed Ukraine attacked two oil refineries in the Saratov and Ryazan regions on October 14, though Meduza (English) noted they could find no reports of explosions or fires at Russian oil refineries on monitoring channels and that regional authorities had not confirmed such attacks.

Brief written by urgent.news from National Post, Kyiv Independent, Ajel English, PBS NewsHour, Meduza (English) — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.