U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to be very careful in public statements about U.S. support. Zelenskyy had earlier told NBC's “Meet the Press” that the U.S. government was responsible for a recent slowdown of Starlink, the U.S.-provided satellite internet that is critical to Ukraine's defense, and that Ukraine was “blocked” from U.S. intelligence for a period. Bessent replied that President Donald Trump and Secretary Marco Rubio had categorically said no one in the administration did this, calling the charge “very reckless.” Elon Musk, whose SpaceX provides Starlink, also posted on X that the U.S. government and Trump are “ultimately” responsible for speed limits on Starshield, the military version of Starlink, a claim Trump has denied.
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