"Beskrestnov said SpaceX's move "cannot be a coincidence and is related to the current political situation". The firm has not commented.

In Wednesday's post on Telegram, Beskrestnov said that SpaceX had "implemented overnight a speed limit on Starlink terminals" and this had already resulted in "the disruption of a number of missions".

"It comes as at least 600,000 people across Ukraine were left without electricity after deadly overnight Russian missile and drone strikes, Zelensky said. Pictures from Kyiv showed residents, some dressed in their pajamas, with bloodied faces.

He added that "critical" energy infrastructure had been hit in Kyiv and the capital region, and in the north-eastern city of Kharkiv " despite US President Donald Trump's claim on Sunday that an "energy ceasefire" was in place between Russia and Ukraine."

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"Zelensky has said that the US threatened to restrict intelligence sharing if he did not sign up to Trump's energy ceasefire. On Tuesday, Trump denied that Washington was withholding intelligence."