US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday, 21 October, that decisions on Ukraine's access to Starlink were up to SpaceX and Elon Musk, not the White House. Ukraine's president said on 17 October that a speed restriction remained in place and was stopping interceptor drones from working against Russian attack drones.
Speaking to reporters in Mumbai during a visit to India, Rubio said he was 'not aware that we knew about this decision beforehand. But that's irrelevant.' 'The bottom line is that that is governed by a private commercial contract as to how their stuff can be used and what speeds they'll allow it to be used at,' he said.
