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Ukraine’s Starlink and Starshield links now work for drones flying faster than 400 km/h, Defence Minister Yevhenii Khmara said on Saturday. A speed cap had cut the link for fast-moving drones since 14 October.

Khmara told reporters that the defence ministry’s own monitoring systems show the speeds are back and the connection is stable, Ukrinform reported . TNW has not independently verified the figures.

Starshield is the military version of SpaceX’s Starlink network. The speed matters because Russia’s jet attack drones fly at about 400 km/h, and Ukraine’s drones must keep up to catch them.

Under the Starshield speed cap , interceptors lost the link above about 161 km/h. On Friday, Ukrainian officials told Politico that drones were still losing signal above 160 km/h.

That was a day after US President Donald Trump said SpaceX chief Elon Musk had restored the service, Kyiv Post reported .…