Ukraine Reports Major Starlink and Starshield Outages, Pentagon Declines Probe

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported serious disruptions in the operation of the Starshield satellite system, noting its speed had dropped to 161 kilometers per hour. The Pentagon's inspector general rejected a bipartisan request from nine U.S. senators to investigate outages in Starlink and Starshield on Ukraine, deferring the matter to the U.S. Air Force instead. Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen said lawmakers viewed the decision as a refusal to probe Elon Musk's activities, citing contradictory information from the Trump administration and SpaceX. Musk previously claimed Ukrainian forces used Starlink for drone strikes, violating service terms, and said the company had already prevented such use.