Rubio denies US involvement in artificial slowing of Starlink

Washington's official position on the communication incident

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio rejected the version that the American authorities deliberately limited the capabilities of the Starlink satellite internet for the needs of the Ukrainian military. According to him, no instructions to reduce data transmission speeds from the United States had been received.

Comment on the words of the Ukrainian leader

Considering this topic, Rubio criticised the statements of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He noted that he was not sure whether Zelensky himself understood the essence of the situation he was describing.

«Ні. Ну, я не знаю, що сказав Зеленський. Не впевнений, що сам Зеленський розуміє, про що говорить, але це не було зроблено навмисно. Ми не маємо до цього жодного стосунку. З боку Сполучених Штатів ніхто не віддавав наказів уповільнити швидкість роботи Starlink» (No. Well, I don't know what Zelensky said. I am not sure that Zelensky himself understands what he is talking about, but it was not done intentionally. We have nothing to do with it. No one from the United States gave orders to slow down the speed of Starlink's operation), Rubio emphasised.

Causes of failures and the current state of the system

According to the American diplomat, problems with bandwidth arose spontaneously. At the time of the publication of these comments, as Rubio reported, the system's operation had been restored, and the communication speed had returned to its previous level.