Trump called Elon Musk to ask him to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s military-grade Starlink service, WSJ reports

On October 14, sources reported that Donald Trump called Elon Musk to request the removal of speed restrictions on military-grade Starlink service in Ukraine. The Wall Street Journal's unnamed sources claimed that Trump was frustrated by the current speed cap of about 160 kilometers per hour, which rendered some Ukrainian attack drones and interceptor drones ineffective against Russian attacks.

The newspaper's sources revealed that Musk himself had imposed the restrictions on Starlink in Ukraine, following a Wall Street Journal report that accused Musk of ordering the restrictions. U.S. and Ukrainian officials confirmed that the system started functioning "more normally" shortly after Trump's conversation with Musk. Ukrainian drone commanders on the front line, as reported by Oliver Carroll of The Economist, confirmed that the Starlink restrictions had indeed been lifted, although they noted that further tests were still being conducted.