Elon Musk DENIES restricting Ukraine's Starlink access

>> John: UKRAINE ACCUSING. ELON MUSK AND SPACEX OF. DELIBERATELY -- KYIV CLAIMS IT'S. PART OF A PRESSURE CAMPAIGN TO. STOP UKRAINIAN ATTACKS ON. RUSSIAN ENERGY SITES BUT MUSK. DENIES THAT AND SAYS IT'S ALL UP. TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. CHIEF NATIONAL SECURITY. CORRESPONDENT JENNIFER GRIFFIN. HAS MORE. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

>> JOHN, ACCUSATIONS FLEW THIS. WEEK AFTER UKRAINE'S MILITARY. NOTICED THAT THE MILITARY GRADE. STARLINK SYSTEM KNOWN AS. STARSHIELD THAT UKRAINE USES TO. HUNT RUSSIAN MISSILE LAUNCHERSRS. AND INTERCEPT INCOMING RUSSIAN. DRONES HAD SLOWED TO RATES THAT. ESSENTIALLY BLINDED UKRAINE'S. ARMED FORCES ON THE BATTLEFIELD. 600,000 UKRAINIANS ARE NOW. WITHOUT POWER FOLLOWING NONSTOP. ATTACKS BY RUSSIA ON UKRAINE'S. ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE. TODAY A RUSSIAN N JET POWERED.

DRONE SLAMMED INTO A CIVILIAN. MARKET IN ODESA. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY TOLD PIERS. MORGAN WEDNESDAY THEY HAD NO. WARNING ABOUT INCOMING RUSSIAN. STRIKES DUE TO THE ABRUPT. STARLINK SHIFT WHICH HE BLAMED. ON ELON MUSK. >> I AM SURE THAT THEY KNEW WHAT. THEY DID. STARLINK WAS BLOCKED OF COURSE. BY THE SPACEX AND OF COURSE BY. THE UNITED STATES. PEOPLE WERE KILLED BECAUSE NOT. ENOUGH DESTROYING, NOT ENOUGH. INTERCEPTORS INCLUDING. INTERCEPTORS WITH STARLINK.

>> UKRAINIANS ACCUSED MUSK OF. USING THE SATELLITE SYSTEM AS A. MEANS TO PRESSURE. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. INTO MAKING A DEAL AFTER MUSK. SAID ZELENSKYY SHOULD BE. REPLACED IN COMMENTS FROM. PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT ZELENSKYY, NOT PUTIN WAS STANDING IN THE. WAY OF A DEAL. MUSK PUSHED BACK LAST NIGHT. SHIFTING THE BLAME TO THE. PENTAGON AND THE WHITE HOUSE. "STAR SHIELD SYSTEMS ARE OWNED. AND CONTROLLED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. ANY LIMITS ON SPEED OR USAGE ARE. DECIDED BY THE U.S. MILITARY AND.

ULTIMATELY POTUS.". >> THAT CAPABILITY WAS REDUCED. IN MAKING THOSE THINGS. NON-EFFECTIVE. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT IT'S BEEN. FIXED. THIS IS A TEMPORARY THING. WHY AND WHO ORDERED THAT OR WHY. IT TOOK PLACE, I DON'T HAVE THE. ANSWER. THE GOOD NEWS IS IT'S FIXED. >> UKRAINE'S FORMER DEFENSE. MINISTER SAYS STARLINK HAS BEEN. RESTORED TO ITS FULL CAPACITY. IT REMAINS UNCLEAR WHO SHUT IT. DOWN AND WHY.

STARLINK CONNECTIVITY AT SPEEDS. OF UP TO 160 KILOMETERS PER HOUR. IS BEING RESTORED, REMOVING STAR. SHIELD'S SPEED LIMIT ENTIRELY IS. NOW CRITICAL FOR UKRAINE'S. DEFENSE. THANK YOU ELON MUSK APPEARED WE. HOPE FOR YOUR CONTINUED. SUPPORT.". SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH IS. MEETING WITH THE BRITISH. SECRETARY FOR DEFENSE THIS. AFTERNOON. THE BRITISH DEFENSE SECRETARY. WILL BE SPEAKING LIVE WITH. MARTHA MacCALLUM.