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Zelensky accuses Trump and Musk of deliberately blocking Starlink over Ukraine

Ukraine's president says a nighttime Starlink outage cost lives and calls it a deliberate act of betrayal by Trump and Musk.

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What to know

  • Zelensky publicly accused Trump and Musk of deliberately blocking Starlink satellite internet in Ukraine overnight, saying the outage cost lives by cutting defense coordination against Russian attacks.
  • The accusation follows a Wall Street Journal investigation describing internal suspicions and a 'frantic warning' that preceded a shift in Trump's stance toward Zelensky.
  • The episode marks a sharp escalation in an already strained Trump-Zelensky relationship over continued US support for Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelensky President of UkraineDonald TrumpDonald Trump President of the United StatesElon MuskElon Musk Owner of Starlink/SpaceX

Zelensky accuses Trump and Musk of deliberately blocking Starlink over Ukraine
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  1. 5

    Social media amplifies Zelensky's betrayal accusation

    Posts across Bluesky and Mastodon spread the Guardian's reporting that Zelensky blames Trump for Ukraine's loss of protection from Russian raids following the Starlink restriction.

    “ZELENSKYY BLAMES TRUMP FOR LOSS OF PROTECTION FROM RUSSIAN RAIDS…”
    — informingbritain.com, Social media poster relaying Guardian report · source

    • Ukraine to resume strikes on Russian refineries, Zelenskyy says. This is the most honest interview with Zelensky I’ve ever read. He drops all niceties about Trump and says it how it is. I don’t know how he held his tongue for so long.

      @BillbrowderX3h ago2.3k▲view on X ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 9 posts in this stretch
    • informingbritain.com

      "ZELENSKYY BLAMES TRUMP FOR LOSS OF PROTECTION FROM RUSSIAN RAIDS" @DanSabbagh.bsky.social / @JessicaElgot.bsky.social / @RothAndrew.bsky.social for @TheGuardian.com Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused USA of betrayal after Ukraine's access to StarLink was restricted. #TheGuardian #TomorrowsPapersToday

      informingbritain.comBluesky10h ago1▲view on Bluesky ↗
    • servelan

      Ukraine-Russia war live: Zelensky says Kyiv will resume strikes on Putin’s oil refineries and hits out at Trump | The Independent https://www. independent.co.uk/news/world/e urope/ukraine-russia-war-live-trump-putin-zelensky-musk-starlink-b3067112.html

      servelanMastodon2h agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  2. 4

    Zelensky says Trump and Musk deliberately blocked Starlink, costing lives

    Zelensky publicly states he feels betrayed by Trump, asserting that Starlink access in Ukraine was deliberately cut overnight by Trump and Elon Musk and that people were killed as a result of the loss of connectivity needed for defense coordination.

    “I am sure they knew what they did, absolutely. Because it was 1am at night, Starlink was blocked by…”
    — Volodymyr Zelensky
    1. 2 outlets "It's A Pity...": Zelensky Feels 'Betrayed' By Trump & Elon Musk

      first by ZeroHedge, 5h ago · also Independent UK

      1 more headline
    2. 1 outlet Volodymyr Zelenskyy feels ‘betrayed’ by Donald Trump over Starlink access

      first by The Guardian, 15h ago

    • BREAKING: Zelensky says he has been betrayed by Trump, that Elon Musk and Trump deliberately blocked Starlink in Ukraine overnight and that people have been killed as a result. "I am sure they knew what they did, absolutely. Because it was 1am at night, Starlink was blocked by

      @HormuzLetterX14h ago3.7k▲view on X ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 4 posts in this stretch

    • 🚨 BREAKING: Zelensky delivers harsh criticism of Trump “If you're in the middle, you have to stay in the middle, not on the wrong side. I think Trump's advisers are wrong. I don't know who is pushing him to the wrong side. This is not the right side of history,” the Ukrainian

      @nexta_tvX15h ago822▲view on X ↗

    • Zelensky on Trump: If you're in the middle, you have to stay in the middle, not on the wrong side. I think Trump's advisers are wrong. I don't know who is pushing him to the wrong side. This is not the right side of history.

      @clashreportX15h ago365▲view on X ↗
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  3. 3

    WSJ reports internal suspicions and a 'frantic warning' before Trump's turn on Zelensky

    The Wall Street Journal publishes an investigative account describing suspicions and an urgent internal warning that preceded a shift in Trump's posture toward Zelensky, tied to Starlink.

    1. 1 outlet first by Wall Street Journal, 16h ago · read ↗

  4. 2

    The i Paper details the Trump-Zelensky feud's trajectory

    Reporting characterizes the relationship between the two leaders as a 'destructive feud,' laying groundwork for the Starlink dispute that follows.

    1. 1 outlet Inside Trump’s destructive feud with Zelensky

      first by The i Paper, 2d ago

    • gimulnautti@mastodon.green

      RE: https:// mstdn.social/@ukrdef/117432752 066191763 Kellogg is correct: The tensions between Trump and Zelenskyy, a lot of it based on (deliberate?) mistranslations, is the noise we should be ignoring. That noise is the way Russian propaganda injects itself into the conversation.

      gimulnautti@mastodon.greenMastodon1d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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    Politico frames Zelensky's choice on Trump as fight or fold

    Coverage examines the deteriorating Trump-Zelensky relationship and the pressure on Ukraine's president to either confront Washington or accommodate it.

    1. 1 outlet Zelenskyy’s Trump dilemma: Fight back or fold?

      first by POLITICO.eu, 2d ago

    • Zelensky is a Genius: Trump: "I'm buying oil from Putin, which will help fund the war against Ukraine." Zelensky: "Ok then I'm blowing up all the Yandex Data centers in Russia, which host the bot Traffic that Putin uses to Help Trump cause chaos in the US elections.

      @krassensteinX2d ago40k▲view on X ↗
    1 more of the top 2 · 2 posts in this stretch

    • 🇺🇦‼️🇺🇸 U.S. official to Axios: Trump is really mad. He feels Zelensky is taking the U.S. for granted. White House officials warn that Ukraine’s strikes on Russian oil refineries are damaging Zelensky’s relationship with Trump more than they are hurting Russia.

      @Maks_NAFO_FELLAX3d ago318▲view on X ↗
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  1. 2 outlets Zelensky says Trump is on the wrong side of history with Russia diesel deal: ‘Putin is laughing’

    first by Independent UK, 10h ago · also The Independent

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