Photos show Ukraine's Starlink throttled during deadly Kharkiv strike

Photos show Ukraine's Starlink connectivity was throttled on Oct. 19, hindering its air defense during a Russian drone strike that killed five people in a Kharkiv park, including a makeup artist and a 1-year-old girl. SpaceX's Elon Musk admitted to restricting access, citing Ukraine's violation of Starlink's terms of service for offensive drone operations. Ukrainian officials said the unannounced limits degraded ground-based radar and interceptor performance, with connectivity dropping to 0.1 megabytes per second that day. Starlink access was restored Saturday, and Musk noted the U.S. government controlled changes to Starshield, a military-grade network. The White House said President Trump did not order the restrictions, while the victim's sister urged global awareness of the ongoing war.