WASHINGTON, Oct 17 — Donald Trump said yesterday he did not request a reduction in Starshield services for Ukraine, after tech billionaire Elon Musk insisted any limits on the SpaceX-operated communications system would ultimately have come from the US president.

Kyiv on Wednesday reported restrictions to the service, which it sees as crucial to fending off Moscow’s invasion, shortly after Trump criticized Ukraine and urged it to stop targeting Russian oil refineries.

“It wasn’t me. And I don’t think it was Elon,” Trump told journalists, adding: “What I understand is, (it’s) the same as it’s always been.”

Musk had previously said that “any limits on speed or usage” of Starshield systems were “decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS,” referring to Trump.