Jan. 29, 2026, 10:08 a.m. ET Tech billionaire Elon Musk is switching off Starlink systems on Russian killer drones after learning Moscow hijacked his satellite technology to strike Ukrainian cities, Kyiv’s defense minister said Thursday. “Within hours of reports that Russian drones equipped with Starlink connectivity were operating over Ukrainian cities, the Ministry of Defense team promptly contacted @SpaceX and proposed concrete ways to resolve the issue,” Minister Mikhailo Fedorov wrote in a post to X. Puppies rest next to a Starlink terminal near the town of Lyman, Ukraine. REUTERS CEO of SpaceX Elon Musk made the decision after learning Russian drones were hijacking his technology AFP via Getty Images