CBS News reported that Ukrainian officials say their access to the SpaceX satellite service remains restricted, even though President Trump has claimed that Elon Musk "fully restored access." The report sets the Ukrainian position against the president's assertion.
The two accounts differ on a basic question: whether Ukrainian access to the service has been restored. The president says it has, while Ukrainian officials say it has not.
According to CBS News, Denys Sienik, Chargé d'Affaires at the Embassy of Ukraine in the U.S., is featured in the report discussing the access dispute. The same report also covers a temporary ceasefire that first lady Melania Trump helped secure in a Russian-occupied Ukrainian city. The city is not identified in the material available for this article.
The description of the report does not specify which restrictions remain in place, when they began, or what steps SpaceX or the U.S. government have taken in response. It also does not include a statement from SpaceX, so the account from Ukrainian officials and the president's claim remain unreconciled in the material reviewed. The sources describe the dispute only in general terms.
No independent confirmation of either account appears in the material reviewed for this article. Details of the ceasefire, including its terms and the city involved, are likewise not available here. Because the reporting available is limited to these claims, this article makes no assessment of which account is accurate.
Sources: CBS News: Top Ukrainian diplomat says SpaceX satellite access is still restricted.