Starlink shutdown during 2022 Ukrainian counteroffensive
- Publisher
- Reuters
- Published
- 2025-07-25
- Type
- investigative reporting disputed by company
- Link
- https://www.reuters.com/investigations/musk-ordered-shutdown-starlink-satellite-service-ukraine-retook-territory-russia-2025-07-25/
- Last checked
- 2026-10-26
- Rights
- reference only — we link and describe; we do not republish the text.
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Starlink and Ukraine: the 2022 shutdown report, the October 2026 slowdown, and who had the switch
Reuters reported Musk ordered Starlink cut over parts of Ukraine in 2022 (SpaceX disputes it); in October 2026 Ukraine's Starlink and Starshield links were throttled for over a week until service returned October 24.