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According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Ukraine violated Starlink's rules. He said it used the civilian satellite internet network for an offensive drone strike. Ukrainian officials dispute the statement. Clayton Swope, deputy director of the Aerospace Security Project at CSIS, joins CBS News to discuss.

Elon Musk acknowledged over the weekend that SpaceX deliberately slowed Ukraine's access to Starlink satellite internet, saying the company acted because Ukrainian forces had used the civilian service to guide offensive drone strikes against Russia. The post Elon Musk Confirms Spacex Throttled Starlink Access for Ukraine Military appeared first on Breitbart .

Ukraine challenged Musk’s claim that its military violated Starlink terms, arguing that commercial Starlink limits prevented medium- and long-range strike use.

A Republican lawmaker questioned Elon Musk’s argument for throttling Ukraine’s access to SpaceX’s Starlink satellite terminals, arguing that Ukrainian forces use the system defensively in the war with Russia.

After Elon Musk's SpaceX temporarily throttled Starlink satellite communication system in Ukraine, Sen. Thom Tillis joined the growing number of Republican lawmakers speaking out against it. "I get it's a private company, but they're playing into military space, geopolitical space," Tillis said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan. "There's got to be some guardrails and accountability, in my opinion."

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday called for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to testify before the Senate over Starlink’s slowdown to its satellite service in Ukraine, which disrupted the country’s military capabilities. On NBC News's “Meet the Press,” Schiff told host Kristen Welker that if Democrats were to regain control of the Senate, Hegseth “should...

Serhii Beskrestnov, a defense technology adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said long-standing restrictions on the civilian system in Ukraine made such offensive use impossible.

"Using Starlink, a civilian commercial service, for offensive drone strikes to kill people has never been allowed, nor should it be," Musk tweeted Saturday.

‘That loophole was closed last week’

Sen. Adam Schiff said that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should testify before the Senate on the Starlink satellite limitations that disrupted Ukrainian military operations.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says his company restricted Ukraine's Starlink internet service after Kyiv violated the terms of service for the communications satellite system by using it for offensive military purposes.

On Bloomberg This Weekend, Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas calls for expanding Ukraine’s access to Starlink over Russia and increasing pressure on Vladimir Putin to create leverage for peace negotiations. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini, Crenshaw also discusses President Donald Trump’s Russia policy, the US midterms and his concerns about social media’s influence on American politics as he prepares to leave Congress. (Source: Bloomberg)

Ukrainian officials have disputed claims by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk that the country's military violated Starlink's terms of service by using the civilian satellite internet network for offensive drone strikes.Serhii Beskrestnov, a defense technology adviser to President...

SpaceX founder Elon Musk said the company closed a “loophole” in its Starlink system that allowed Ukraine to execute lethal drone attacks on civilians, which he said is not in compliance with the system’s terms of service. Musk posted to X on Saturday in response to a user saying his company’s Starlink satellite communications system […]

Elon Musk has said his company imposed limits on the use of its Starlink satellite system in Ukraine last week, after curbs led to disruption to Ukrainian military operations.

Tech tycoon Elon Musk accused Ukraine on Saturday of violating Starlink's terms of service by using it for "drone strikes to kill people", after tension between Washington and Kyiv over disruptions to the SpaceX-made network crucial to the Ukrainian army's...

Ukrainian leaders confirmed Saturday that the country's access to SpaceX technologies Starlink and Starshield have been restored to full speed, shortly after Elon Musk admitted to slowing Starlink down.

Elon Musk on Saturday alluded to being behind last week’s Starlink slowdown in Ukraine which impacted the country’s military capabilities. “Ukraine military violated Starlink terms of service and used it for offensive drone strikes to kill people. That loophole was closed last week,” Musk said in a post on social platform X. The slowdown happened...

Elon Musk claims Ukraine violated Starlink terms of service by using the civilian system for deadly drone strikes, saying the loophole was closed.

The comments were his first since the disruption in the country’s satellite service. Earlier, Ukraine said drones using Starshield, the Pentagon-funded service, were back to normal speeds.

Ukraine's access to satellite communications systems Starlink and Starshield was restored, as Elon Musk said the country used it "to kill people."

Elon Musk said Saturday that his company SpaceX had throttled the Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine, disrupting operations that the country relies on to defend itself against Russia.Musk's admission on social media came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr...

Well before this month's restrictions on Ukraine's military access to Elon Musk's satellite communications system, the Biden and Trump administrations had repeatedly asked SpaceX to turn its Starlink service on or off in various countries, according to six former senior...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that normal Starlink operating speeds were restored after more than a week of disruptions.

Ukrainian officials said speed restrictions on Starlink and Starshield that hampered military operations have been lifted.