{"id":626652,"date":"2026-10-16T10:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T07:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/10\/626652\/the-pentagon-received-an-order-from-the-white-house-to-restrict-starshield-for-the-ukrainian-armed-forces-reuters\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T10:56:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T07:56:41","slug":"the-pentagon-received-an-order-from-the-white-house-to-restrict-starshield-for-the-ukrainian-armed-forces-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/10\/626652\/the-pentagon-received-an-order-from-the-white-house-to-restrict-starshield-for-the-ukrainian-armed-forces-reuters\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pentagon received an order from the White House to restrict Starshield for the Ukrainian Armed Forces \u2014 Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"

The leadership of the U.S. Department of Defense<\/strong> received instructions from the White House<\/strong> to slow the provision of Starshield<\/strong> satellite system services to Ukrainian forces. This was confirmed to Reuters<\/a><\/strong> by three<\/strong> people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n

For Ukrainian forces, Starshield<\/strong> is a tool for battlefield communications and drone control. A potential reduction in services could therefore affect critical elements of military infrastructure. SpaceX<\/strong> developed the system for defense purposes using Starlink<\/strong> technology.<\/p>\n

The Pentagon<\/strong> is the largest customer of Starshield<\/strong>. As a result, decisions about providing these services to Ukraine<\/strong> are directly tied to the U.S. defense department.<\/p>\n

The agency\u2019s sources could not say who inside the White House<\/strong> initiated the order. Nor could they identify who was tasked with overseeing its implementation.<\/p>\n

After receiving this information, Reuters<\/strong> journalists sought comment from another<\/strong> senior U.S.<\/strong> administration official. When asked whether the order had come directly from President Donald Trump<\/strong>, the official categorically denied it:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president never made such a request,\u201d said a senior U.S.<\/strong> administration official.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At the same time, the White House<\/strong> did not answer questions about whether other administration officials might have initiated restrictions on Starshield<\/strong> services for Ukraine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The information released also does not make clear the scale of the planned service reduction. It is also unknown whether the order affected the actual operation of Starshield<\/strong> in Ukraine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Separately, Ukrainian forces have reported outages affecting Starlink<\/strong>: the loss of connectivity forced them to cancel drone sorties.<\/p>\n

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We previously reported:<\/strong><\/p>\n