Donald Trump stated that Starlink access has been restored in Ukraine.
Posted by Philip Teresi, Checked
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Philip TeresiOct 23, 2026
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Trump did state that Starlink access in Ukraine had been restored: on October 22, 2026 he said Elon Musk had restored it ('he put it back'), as reported by Reuters, the BBC, NBC and the Washington Post.
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What we found
Supports. Reuters reports that Trump said on Thursday, October 22, that Musk had restored Ukraine's Starlink access, quoting him: 'The bottom line - he put it back.'[1]
Supports. The BBC and NBC both report Trump's statement that Musk had restored or lifted the Starlink limits, with the BBC quoting Trump saying 'I've heard it was fixed.'[3][4]
Supports. The Washington Post reports that Trump said Elon Musk had lifted restrictions on Ukraine's access to Starshield, the military version of Starlink.[5]
Context. Ukrainian officials disputed the claim at the time, saying the service was still restricted; Ukraine's defense ministry later said on October 24 that speeds had recovered, and Musk acknowledged throttling the service.[2][3][5][6]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 1, 3 tier 2
- 1Trump says Musk restored Ukraine's Starlink access, declines to say if they spokereuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Ukraine restores full satellite links for its dronesapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Trump says Musk has restored Ukraine's internet accessbbc.co.uk · tier 1 · cited for: supports, context
- 4Trump says Elon Musk restored Ukraine's Starlink access ...nbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Ukraine says satellite access still restricted despite Trump saying otherwisewashingtonpost.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 6Ukraine’s defense ministry says access to Starshield has been restored | CNNcnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
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Related claims
- Donald Trump stated he spoke with Elon Musk and that Musk told him Starlink service had been restored in Ukraine.Mixed
- Donald Trump called Elon Musk and told him to restore full access to the Starshield system.Mixed
- Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Starlink service has not been fully restored in Ukraine.True
- Elon Musk and Donald Trump discussed the Starlink decision in a call soon after the slowdown became public.Can’t tell
- Elon Musk throttled Ukraine's use of Starlink and Starshield following Russia's invasion.Mixed