Attacks ramp up in Russia-Ukraine war as Zelenskyy questions Starlink outage

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Oct 16, 2026
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To the war in Ukraine, where President Volodymyr
Zelensky says he feels betrayed over new
restrictions on Starlink technology,
and that the changes could get people killed.
Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin has the story.
Ukraine's President Zelensky on a whirlwind tour to Brussels,
where he was embraced by
NATO leaders on the sidelines of an EU summit
as allies try to smooth relations between
Kyiv and Washington.
Britain's Secretary of State for Defence appealed
to the Trump administration to keep helping
Ukraine.
It's not the first time we've seen
a falling out between President Trump and
President Zelensky.
The UK sees our role and responsibility at times like this to
bring our friends back together again.
Ukraine's foreign minister now says the
military-grade Starlink system, known as Starshield,
that Ukraine uses to hunt Russian
missile launchers
and intercept incoming Russian drones is being restored. Adding,
removing Starshield's speed limit entirely
is now critical for Ukraine's defense.
Thank you, Elon Musk, we hope for your continued support.
Accusations flew after Ukraine's military noticed
that Starlink had slowed to rates
that essentially blinded Ukraine's armed forces on the battlefield.
I've been told that's been fixed, so this was a temporary thing.
Why and who ordered that or why it took place, I don't have the answer.
600,000 Ukrainians are now without power following nonstop attacks
by Russia on Ukraine's
energy infrastructure.
President Zelensky says Ukrainian strikes
on Russian diesel sites will resume following
a three-day halt in deference to the energy ceasefire
that President Trump said was in
place.
Ukrainians believe Musk and others
in the Trump administration were using the satellite
system as a means to pressure President Zelensky
into making a deal after Musk said Zelensky
should be replaced and following comments
from President Trump that Zelensky, not Putin,
was standing in the way of a deal.
In Washington, Jennifer Griffin, Fox News.
