Conflicting reports raise questions about Ukraine's Starlink access

WBUR

Published October 23, 2026 at 11:58 AM EDT

All week, we have been hearing different explanations for what is happening with Ukraine’s access to the military version of Starlink, the Pentagon-funded system used to intercept Russian attacks.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd sorts out what we know with Alexander Ward, national security reporter for The Wall Street Journal.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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