国会民主党人在众议院军事委员会和情报委员会要求总统唐纳德·特朗普解释为何乌克兰军队本周早些时候对SpaceX星盾服务的访问受到限制。在MS NOW首次报道的一封信中，军事委员会首席议员、科罗拉多州民主党众议员杰森·克劳；情报特别委员会首席议员、华盛顿州民主党众议员亚当·史密斯；康涅狄格州民主党众议员吉姆·海姆斯；以及加利福尼亚州民主党众议员乔治·怀特赛德斯，抨击特朗普政府拒绝回应国会关于谁指挥了对乌克兰使用星盾服务的访问变更的询问。星盾是星链服务的军用版。
这些议员既不满意埃隆·马斯克的公司SpaceX独立作出这一决定的可能性——马斯克已予以否认——也不满意美国政府作出这一决定的可能性。
Congressional Democrats on the House Armed Services and Intelligence committees are demanding President Donald Trump explain why Ukrainian forces’ access to SpaceX Starshield services was restricted earlier this week In a letter first reported by MS NOW, Rep. Jason Crow, D-Co., ranking member of the Armed Services Committee; Adam Smith, D-Wash., ranking member of the Select Committee on Intelligence; Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn.; and Rep. George Whitesides, D-Calif., lambasted the Trump administration for refusing to respond to congressional inquiries on who directed changes to Ukraine’s access to Starshield, the military-grade version of Starlink services. The lawmakers were not satisfied with either the possibility that Elon Musk’s company SpaceX independently made the decision — which Musk has denied — or the U.S. government made the call.
“星盾系统由美国政府所有并受其控制，”马斯克于10月14日在X上写道。“任何对速度或使用的限制均由美国军方决定，最终由总统决定。”民主党议员希望特朗普政府说明究竟是谁控制着乌克兰用于自卫的关键卫星连接。
“Starshield systems are owned and controlled by the US government,” Musk wrote Oct. 14 on X. “Any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS.”The Democratic lawmakers want the Trump administration to explain exactly who controls the crucial satellite connections Ukraine uses to defend itself.
“如果一家私营公司能够单方面限制一项由国防部签署合同管辖的关键作战服务，而在冲突仍在进行期间，这将引发对公众问责制的严重担忧，以及私人行为者在美国国家安全事务中过度影响的问题，”议员们在信中写道。
“If a private company can unilaterally restrict a critical operational service governed by a signed contract with the Department of Defense during an active conflict, it raises serious concerns about public accountability and the outsized influence of private actors over U.S. national security matters,” the lawmakers wrote.
“另一方面，如果该指令来自你们政府，这将引发关于美国对俄乌防御政策的严重质疑。”他们补充道。“无论哪种情况，美国人民、我们的盟友以及乌克兰都有权知道为何会做出这一具有生死后果的决定。”一位获准匿名讨论此敏感情况的美国官员对MS NOW表示：“总统从未提出过此类请求。”白宫对是否有其他政府官员或机构指示了这一改变的反复提问予以置忽。
“If, on the other hand, the direction was given by your Administration, it raises serious questions about U.S. defense policy regarding Russia and Ukraine,” they added. “Either way, the American people, our allies, and Ukraine deserve to know why this decision with life-threatening consequences was made.”A U.S. official, granted anonymity to discuss the sensitive situation, told MS NOW that “no such request was ever made by the President.”The White House ignored repeated questions on whether another administration official or agency directed the change.
“随着他在国内的支持率暴跌，他正耻辱地抛弃我们的盟友，并再次亲近独裁者，”克劳在一份声明中表示，指的是特朗普。“随着俄罗斯继续其侵略战争，我们需要站在乌克兰人民一边，而不是资助正在杀害平民的普京战争机器。”民主党人指出，对乌克兰军事行动和防御能力的干扰使平民处于危险之中。卫星信号中断也发生在特朗普与俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京的柴油交易之际，以及对乌克兰施压要求其停止袭击俄罗斯能源设施之时，尽管其对手未能遵守特朗普所宣布的所谓能源停火。他们要求在10月30日前作出回应。
“As his popularity plummets at home, he’s shamefully abandoning our allies and once again cozying up to dictators,” Crow said in a statement, referring to Trump. “We need to stand with the people of Ukraine as Russia continues its war of aggression, not fund Putin’s war machine that is killing civilians.”The Democrats noted the disruption to Ukraine’s military operations and defense capabilities put civilians at risk. The satellite signal disruptions also came amid Trump’s diesel deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin and pressure on Ukraine to stop attacking Russian energy sites, despite its adversary failing to abide by the so-called energy ceasefire announced by Trump. They asked for a response by Oct. 30.
他们的信件未包含任何共和党签署人，此前曾有跨党派参议员呼吁国防部监察长调查乌克兰的星链中断事件。
Their letter, which did not include any Republican signatories, follows a bipartisan Senate effort calling for the Department of Defense Inspector General to investigate the Starlink disruptions in Ukraine.
周四，参议院外交关系委员会参议员珍妮·沙希恩（民主党-新罕布什尔州）主导了一封跨党派信件，要求调查受限的星盾服务是否使乌克兰境内的美国外交、军事和安保人员处于危险之中，以及谁批准了这些中断。
On Thursday, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., led a bipartisan letter seeking an investigation into whether the restricted Starshield service put U.S. diplomatic, military, and security personnel inside Ukraine in danger and who approved the disruptions.
根据华盛顿的乌克兰临时代办丹尼斯·塞尼克的说法，星盾的速度在周四开始有所改善。
Starshield speeds began to improve on Thursday, according to Ukrainian chargé d’affaires in Washington Denys Sienik.
“我们希望一切都能恢复到之前的水平，”西尼克在一份声明中表示。“速度对物流至关重要，尤其是在拦截喷气式沙赫德无人机时，因为俄罗斯不断使用它们来袭击我们的城市并实施战争罪行，而外长拉夫罗夫公开表示俄罗斯反对停火。”一位熟悉情况的消息人士向MS NOW透露，乌克兰政府尚未收到来自SpaceX或五角大楼的任何回应。
“We hope all will be resumed to the previous level,” Sienik said in a statement. “Speed is critical for logistics, and for intercepting the jet-powered Shahed drones especially when Russia constantly uses them to attack our cities and commit war crimes and when Foreign Minister Lavrov openly states that Russia opposes a ceasefire.”A source familiar with the matter told MS NOW the Ukrainian government has yet to receive any response from SpaceX or the Pentagon.
周三“出现了有史以来规模最大的沙赫德袭击之一，正好发生在我们的防御系统速度被限制的时候，而背后的情况令人深感担忧，”该消息人士表示，他因讨论敏感军事行动而获准匿名。民主党要求特朗普解释乌克兰卫星中断事件MS NOW
Wednesday “saw one of the most massive Shahed attacks, occurring precisely when our defense system’s speed was being throttled, and the circumstances behind this are deeply concerning,” said the source, who was granted anonymity to discuss sensitive military operations. The post Democrats demand Trump explain Ukraine satellite cutoffs MS NOW