Sirai Ah Bereskovinov, defense technology advisor to Zelensky, stated that there has been no lifting of restrictions on Starlink.
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Philip TeresiOct 23, 2026
On 2026-10-23, Serhii Beskrestnov (the adviser the claim garbles as 'Sirai Ah Bereskovinov') told Euronews that there was 'no indication that the Starlink restrictions have been lifted,' which matches the claim. The later restoration announcements (Oct 24 to 30) post-date the claim and do not make it false, and the extraction faithfully matches the passage.
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What was said
… Now, when President Trump was asked by reporters today if indeed Elon Musk had followed through, his response was, quote, "I've heard it was fixed, but if not, I will speak to him." So, the defense technology advisor to Zelensky, Sirai Ah Bereskovinov, says, at this time, we have not observed any lifting of restrictions on Starlink. There are isolated cases where Starlink may operate slightly faster than restrictions have allowed, but this is likely due to the SpaceX algorithm or specific uses usage conditions, rather than a lifting of the bandwidth cap. …
Philip Teresi · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Euronews (2026-10-23) reports Beskrestnov wrote on Facebook that 'we are currently seeing no indication that the Starlink restrictions have been lifted,' and that restrictions were not fully lifted on the front lines, matching the claim on the claim's own date.[3]
Supports. AP (2026-10-25) and LA Times (2026-10-25) identify Beskrestnov as a defense technology adviser to Zelensky and report that he disputed Musk's claims about the restrictions, consistent with him being the adviser who described the restrictions as still in place.[1][4]
Context. Reuters (2026-10-24) and the Ukrainian presidential address (2026-10-30) say Starlink and Starshield were restored to prior speeds on Oct 24, a later development that does not change the state of affairs on Oct 23.[2][5]
Context. The claim's name 'Sirai Ah Bereskovinov' is a garbled rendering of Serhii Beskrestnov, and the extraction does not add any content the passage lacks, so the referent is the same person.[3][6]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 4 not rated
- 1Ukraine disputes Elon Musk's claim that its military violated Starlink's terms of serviceapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Ukraine says Starshield back to normal, Musk says Kyiv violated termsreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Starlink restrictions not lifted in Ukraine despite Trump's ...euronews.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4Ukraine disputes Musk claim of violating Starlink's terms of ...latimes.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Starlink and Starshield Operations Have Been Restored to the ...president.gov.ua · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Ukraine disputes Musk claim that military violated Starlink termscnbc.com · not rated · cited for: context
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