{
  "id": 15029172,
  "title": "Ukraine-Krieg: Trump: War nicht für Starlink-Drosselung verantwortlich",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/ukraine-krieg-trump-war-nicht-fur-starlink-drosselung-verantwortlich",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T19:31:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/ukraine-krieg-trump-war-nicht-fuer-starlink-drosselung-verantwortlich/100262910.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed he was not responsible for temporarily slowing down the military-grade Starlink satellite internet used in Ukraine. \"I didn't do that. No, we did not do that,\" Trump told reporters in Washington. Trump's statements contradict those of Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, which operates Starlink. Musk had previously posted on X that \"any speed or usage restrictions are set by the US military and ultimately the US President,\" referring explicitly to Starshield, the military function of Starlink. The issue remains unclear as to who was actually responsible for any such throttling. Trump appeared unaware and denied that the satellite internet had been slowed down at all. \"As far as I know, I only found out about it this morning from the news and the media, we did not slow it down,\" Trump added. He was confident that the internet \"probably still works.\" According to Ukrainian accounts, on the night of Tuesday without warning, a speed limit for Starlink terminals was established, lasting just over a day. This meant that flying objects lost their connection if they moved faster than 160 kilometers per hour. This is said to have caused Ukrainian drone strikes and defenses against Russian drones to fail.",
  "summary": "Eine Drosselung des Satelliteninternets bringt die Ukraine in Bedrängnis. Der US-Präsident sagt, er wisse nichts von etwaigen Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzungen oder Nutzungsbeschränkungen.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}