Zelensky says Starlink hit by severe speed restrictions across front line

The striking detail is the speed cap itself: a threshold tuned to the pace of jet-powered drones, which turns a connectivity issue into a tactical constraint on interception. Ukraine's conclusion that the limits are systematic, not a glitch, shifts this from an outage story to a question about control over a privately operated network on which frontline operations depend. The October restoration shows performance can move in both directions, so the open question is whether this episode is resolved through the same channel — and what the pattern of recurring restrictions signals about reliance on a single provider.