Bessent: Zelensky 'should be careful' with 'reckless' comments that US slowed down Starlink

The Hill - Oct 18, 2026

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “should be careful” with “reckless” comments about the U.S. slowing down Starlink. “President Trump and Secretary [of State Marco] Rubio have categorically said that no one in the Trump administration did that. And I think it is very reckless for President Zelensky to make...

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