• Ukraine says restrictions hindered strike missions and interceptor drones
• Ukraine says receptors now work in motion only up to 100 miles per hour
• Senior Ukrainian official says Kyiv was told restriction was White House decision
• Senior US official says no request to curb service came from President Donald Trump

The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter.

The officials said ‌leaders at the Defense Department received a message that the SpaceX Starshield service for the Ukrainian military needed to be slowed.

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