Starlink in Ukraine back to normal after week of throttling
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- ✓Ukraine said on Saturday that the Starlink satellite system and its military version Starshield are now fully functional.
- ✓The services got back to normal speeds after a week of restrictions.
- ✓"The speeds are now at the level we need," President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
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KYIV, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Saturday that the Starlink satellite system and its military version Starshield were now fully functional after over a week of restrictions that disrupted military operations and intensified tensions with the US.
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Ukrainian officials said the restrictions, which capped operations at speeds of 160 kilometres per hour (kph), hampered the military's ability to intercept Russian attack drones and forced the cancellation of some operations.
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