# Trump denies restricting Ukraine’s Starlink access as tensions with Zelenskyy rise

https://mins.news/en/video/103912

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-10-17 00:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHxPsUo0-lQ

> US President Donald Trump denied limiting Ukraine’s access to Starlink, saying, “It wasn’t me,” and that he did not think Elon Musk had done so either. Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher said relations between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had grown strained again in recent days.

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