Pentagon watchdog declines bipartisan request to investigate Ukraine’s satellite disruptions
Oversight · Curated reporting
Source report: 2026-10-29 · Event: 2026-10-27
Read original story ↗The Pentagon’s inspector general declined a request from nine senators to investigate disruptions to Ukraine’s Starlink and Starshield services. An October 27 letter referred the questions to the Air Force and Space Force as contractual matters. The watchdog said it could reconsider if new information emerged. U.S. and Ukrainian officials said normal service had been restored; the decision did not resolve conflicting accounts of who authorized the restrictions.
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Sources
- ABC News: Pentagon inspector general declines Starlink investigation ↗
- Ars Technica: inspector general refuses satellite slowdown inquiry ↗
- Senators’ original request to Defense Department inspector general ↗