Ukraine says Starlink restored as attacks continue in Russia and Ukraine

Negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the US are expected to meet in Abu Dhabi next month.

Vitaly and Natalya assess the damage inside their house, seen through blown-out windows, following an aerial attack on October 22, 2026 in Kyiv, Ukraine. [Diego Fedele/Getty Images]

Ukraine says restrictions on its military’s Starlink satellite connections have been lifted after more than a week of disruption that hampered drone operations against Russian forces.

Defence Minister Yevhenii Khmara said on Saturday that Starlink and Starshield connections were stable on equipment travelling above 400 kilometres per hour (250 miles per hour). He credited talks with Washington and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s diplomacy.

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Ukraine relies heavily on Elon Musk’s SpaceX satellite services for communications and drone missions. However, who ordered the restrictions remains unclear, with US President Donald Trump denying responsibility while defending Elon Musk.

The disruption further strained relations between Kyiv and Washington, already under pressure over Trump’s agreement to temporarily lift sanctions on Russian diesel and allow US imports.

Trump also called earlier this month for Ukraine to have a new president, then suggested on Monday that someone other than Zelenskyy should negotiate for Kyiv. The exchanges follow their public confrontation at the White House in February 2025.

Talks planned in Abu Dhabi

The lifting of the Starlink restrictions comes as the United States seeks to revive peace negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv. Negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the US are expected to meet in Abu Dhabi in the first half of November, more than four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the planned negotiations on Friday, while Zelenskyy also announced agreement on technical-level meetings.

It comes as Trump credited his wife, Melania Trump, with securing a local ceasefire in Oleshky, in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region, which Russian forces have occupied since 2022.

Subsequent Ukrainian and Russian statements putting the ceasefire’s start on October 27, with the humanitarian operation planned for October 29.

Deadly attacks continue

A Russian missile strike on Lozova, in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, killed a man and wounded two others on Saturday, regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said, while in northern Ukraine, a Russian attack on Chernihiv on Friday killed a man and wounded at least 25 people, local authorities said.

Shelling in Kramatorsk killed one person and wounded six, including three children, according to Donetsk officials. In nearby Sloviansk, attacks on Friday killed a 62-year-old woman and wounded four people, Mayor Vadym Lyakh said.

Ukraine reported strikes inside Russia on Friday and overnight into Saturday, including on Togliatti’s Togliattikauchuk petrochemical plant, a major synthetic rubber producer. Mayor Ilya Sukhikh confirmed industrial damage but reported no casualties.

Ukraine also said it struck Oryol’s Proton electronics plant, which it says makes missile components. Regional Governor Andrei Klychkov reported three deaths in an attack on an unidentified facility.

Authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea reported power cuts after overnight Ukrainian attacks.

Russia’s Defence Ministry said air defences intercepted a SCALP cruise missile, four Neptune missiles and 1,297 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over 24 hours, TASS reported. The figures could not be independently verified.

预计乌克兰、俄罗斯和美国的谈判代表将于下个月在阿布扎比会面。

2026年10月22日，乌克兰基辅发生空袭，维塔利和娜塔莉娅透过被炸毁的窗户查看自家房屋的受损情况。[Diego Fedele/Getty Images]

乌克兰表示，在中断一周多后，对其军方星链卫星连接的限制已经解除，此前该限制阻碍了针对俄罗斯军队的无人机行动。

国防部长叶夫根尼·赫马拉周六表示，星链和星盾卫星通信在时速超过400公里（250英里）的设备上运行稳定。他将此归功于与华盛顿的谈判以及泽连斯基总统的外交努力。

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乌克兰严重依赖埃隆·马斯克的SpaceX卫星服务进行通信和无人机任务。然而，究竟是谁下令实施这些限制措施仍不清楚，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普否认对此负有责任，同时为埃隆·马斯克辩护。

此次事件进一步加剧了基辅和华盛顿之间的紧张关系，此前由于特朗普同意暂时解除对俄罗斯柴油的制裁并允许美国进口，两国关系已经十分紧张。

特朗普本月早些时候也曾呼吁乌克兰更换总统，周一又暗示，应该由泽连斯基以外的人代表基辅进行谈判。此前，两人曾在2025年2月于白宫公开交锋。

计划在阿布扎比举行会谈

在美国寻求重启莫斯科和基辅之间的和平谈判之际，星链限制被解除。预计乌克兰、俄罗斯和美国的谈判代表将于11月上半月在阿布扎比举行会晤，距离俄罗斯于2022年2月发动全面入侵已过去四年多。

克里姆林宫发言人德米特里·佩斯科夫周五证实了谈判计划，而泽连斯基也宣布了举行技术层面会谈的协议。

此前，特朗普称赞他的妻子梅拉尼娅·特朗普促成了乌克兰南部赫尔松州奥列什基的局部停火，该地区自 2022 年以来一直被俄罗斯军队占领。

随后，乌克兰和俄罗斯发表声明，宣布停火将于 10 月 27 日开始，人道主义行动计划于 10 月 29 日开始。

致命袭击仍在继续

乌克兰东北部哈尔科夫州州长奥列格·西涅胡博夫表示，周六，俄罗斯导弹袭击了该州洛佐瓦，造成一人死亡，两人受伤；而乌克兰北部切尔尼戈夫市地方当局称，周五俄罗斯袭击该市，造成一人死亡，至少25人受伤。

据顿涅茨克官员称，克拉马托尔斯克遭炮击，造成一人死亡，六人受伤，其中包括三名儿童。邻近的斯拉维扬斯克市长瓦迪姆·利亚赫表示，周五发生的袭击事件造成一名62岁妇女死亡，四人受伤。

乌克兰方面报告称，俄罗斯境内周五至周六凌晨遭到袭击，其中包括陶里亚蒂的陶里亚蒂考丘克石化厂，该厂是主要的合成橡胶生产商。市长伊利亚·苏希赫证实了工业设施受损，但未报告人员伤亡。

乌克兰方面还表示，他们袭击了奥廖尔的质子电子厂，该厂据称生产导弹部件。地区州长安德烈·克雷奇科夫报告称，在对一处身份不明的设施的袭击中，有三人死亡。

俄罗斯占领的克里米亚当局报告称，在乌克兰军队夜间发动袭击后，该地区出现停电。

据塔斯社报道，俄罗斯国防部称，防空部队在24小时内拦截了一枚“风暴阴影”（SCALP）巡航导弹、四枚“海王星”导弹和1297架乌克兰固定翼无人机。这些数据尚未得到独立核实。