Elon Musk has said his firm SpaceX restricted Ukraine’s Starlink web service, after Ukrainian officers said connectivity points appeared to have been resolved.

The tech billionaire accused Ukraine of violating its phrases of service by utilizing it for navy exercise – but denied being accountable for a simultaneous problem with its US-run, military-grade counterpart Starshield.

Kyiv has not formally commented on Musk’s newest claim but Ukrainian presidential adviser Serhii Beskrestnov said his submit was “very strange”.

Musk had earlier denied intentionally throttling Ukraine’s connection, which it says hampered its means to conduct defensive operations for more than a week.

The problem first emerged last week during a broader row between Washington and Kyiv over Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil infrastructure.

Musk’s newest feedback, and the seeming restoration of the service, came after US President Donald Trump said he had advised the Tesla and X proprietor to “put it back”, having repeatedly denied instructing him to restrict the service.

“Using Starlink, a civilian commercial service, for offensive drone strikes to kill people has never been allowed, nor should it be,” Musk wrote on X on Saturday.

“Ukraine[‘s] military violated Starlink terms of service and used it for offensive drone strikes to kill people. That loophole was closed last week.”

He went on to say that SpaceX had “done more to defend Ukraine than any private company on Earth” and reiterated his stipulation that Starshield was a completely different system and managed by the US authorities, including: “What they decide to do is up to them.”

He added in a later submit: “[Starlink] can be used for infrastructure that is military, but it cannot be used for unequivocally offensive strikes that make it fair game to be struck back.”

Reacting to Musk’s submit, Beskrestnov wrote on Telegram that Starlink terminals working in Ukraine have a pace restriction of 70-90km/h and do not work on Russian territory.

“Therefore, we physically cannot use commercial Starlink for deep strikes and medium-range strikes,” he said.

“It is very strange that Elon Musk is not aware of Starlink restrictions in Ukraine.”

There was no rapid remark from Ukraine’s defence ministry.

Ukraine makes use of both the civilian service Starlink and the more safe Starshield, relying on what communications are wanted, both of which run on networks of low Earth orbit satellites launched by SpaceX.

Starlink permits navy models to co-ordinate, significantly in distant areas on the battlefield, while Starshield permits Ukrainian drone operators to see targets in actual time, as properly as function interceptor drones.

Russia is not authorised to use Starlink, so when Ukraine sends long-range missiles or drones deep into Russia to hit oil refineries, the community does not work.

Ukraine’s Defence Minister Yevhenii Khmara said earlier on Saturday that the navy was now recording a “stable connection”, with drones now in a position to attain speeds in extra of 400km/h (249mph). Kyiv beforehand said the connection would lower out above 161km/h.

“The speeds are now where they need to be,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Telegram.