Zelensky says a 100 mph limit on SpaceX’s Starshield is letting Russian drones get through, as one damages a Kyiv hospital

Ukraine’s forces still face a speed cap of 161 kilometers per hour, or 100 mph, on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite service along the whole front line and in Russian-occupied areas, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday.  He said the limit makes it impossible to use interceptor drones against Russia’s jet-powered Shahed attack drones.  Starshield is the military version of SpaceX’s Starlink internet service.

“We still have no clear explanations,” Zelensky wrote, adding that he ordered his foreign and defense ministers to press the State Department, the Pentagon and SpaceX to fix it.  SpaceX told Axios, “This is false.  There has been no change.”

Zelensky said a limit over Russian-occupied land sends a political message.  “If someone in America is making decisions that basically treat Ukrainian territory as if it is not Ukrainian,” he said Thursday, “then this tells us where things are going.”

Hospital hit

A Russian Shahed drone damaged buildings of the Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics in Kyiv, Zelensky said. He discussed rebuilding them with Ukraine’s prime minister.

Source:  Zelensky on X, Nov. 13, 2026; Zelensky on X, Nov. 12, 2026.