# Ukraine blames Musk for internet outage amid Russian attacks

https://mins.news/en/item/101345

- NBC News, 2026-10-15 11:27 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.today.com/video/musk-suggests-trump-is-behind-internet-outage-in-ukraine-271612997848

> Russia launched another wave of punishing attacks on Ukraine as vital internet service was being restored. Ukrainian officials say restrictions on Elon Musk’s Starlink network caused some drones to lose connection in flight. Musk pushed back and pointed to President Donald Trump as responsible for the outage, according to an anonymous Ukrainian defense ministry source.

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