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  "id": 16093649,
  "title": "Trump asks Musk to lift Ukraine Starlink restrictions: WSJ reports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/trump-asks-musk-to-lift-ukraine-starlink-restrictions-wsj-reports-16093649",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T18:25:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SABC News",
    "slug": "sabc-news",
    "url": "https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/trump-asks-musk-to-lift-ukraine-starlink-restrictions-wsj-reports/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, US President Donald Trump recently reached out to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, requesting that restrictions be lifted on Ukraine's use of Starlink. The Starlink system, which provides satellite internet to remote areas, had been functioning more normally on Thursday, following the conversation between Trump and Musk. This development came shortly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had expressed his disappointment with the difficulties his country had faced with Starlink services and intelligence. Zelenskyy had stated that he had been surprised by these challenges, emphasizing that they undermined the partnership between Ukraine and the United States. \"It’s a pity that we had also some difficulties … about Starlink , about intelligence, I mean a lot of different surprises on which you can’t count when you have real partnership and we count on partnership with the United States ,\" Zelenskyy said, urging honesty, clarity, and strength in their partnership.",
  "summary": "The Starlink system was working more normally on Thursday,",
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      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "Trump told Musk to lift Starlink restrictions in Ukraine — report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/trump-told-musk-to-lift-starlink-restrictions-in-ukraine-report",
        "published": "2026-10-22T18:16:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Meduza (English)",
        "title": "Trump called Elon Musk to ask him to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s military-grade Starlink service, WSJ reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/trump-called-elon-musk-to-ask-him-to-lift-restrictions-on-ukraines",
        "published": "2026-10-22T18:39:08.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Moscow Times",
        "title": "Trump Asks Musk to Lift Ukraine Starlink Restrictions, WSJ Reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/trump-asks-musk-to-lift-ukraine-starlink-restrictions-wsj-reports",
        "published": "2026-10-22T18:52:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Trump Asks Elon Musk To Lift Ukraine Starlink Restrictions: Reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/trump-asks-elon-musk-to-lift-ukraine-starlink-restrictions-reports",
        "published": "2026-10-22T19:06:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Independent",
        "title": "Kyiv denies reports that Trump, Musk have restored Starlink speeds in Ukraine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/kyiv-denies-reports-that-trump-musk-have-restored-starlink-speeds-in",
        "published": "2026-10-22T19:17:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ukrinform - Politics",
        "title": "Trump asked Musk to lift Starlink restrictions in Ukraine – WSJ",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/trump-asked-musk-to-lift-starlink-restrictions-in-ukraine-wsj",
        "published": "2026-10-22T19:23:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Trump reacts to controversial attack ad targeting Amy Acton and Musk's satellite slowdown in Ukraine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/trump-reacts-to-controversial-attack-ad-targeting-amy-acton-and-musks",
        "published": "2026-10-22T21:25:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Trump offers comments on whether he called Musk to restore Starlink to Ukraine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/trump-offers-comments-on-whether-he-called-musk-to-restore-starlink",
        "published": "2026-10-22T21:27:24.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
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