According to Carroll, drone commanders have noticed changes in how the connection performs, although testing is still underway, RBC Ukraine reported.
“They are still doing tests but ‘this looks to be the case’,” he said in a post on social media.
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Neither SpaceX nor Ukrainian authorities had officially confirmed the reported removal of the speed limits as of Thursday.
The development follows pressure from US lawmakers and European officials for SpaceX to restore full-speed Starlink services in Ukraine.
Earlier, 23 US lawmakers wrote to President Donald Trump, urging him to intervene with SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk to restore Ukraine’s full access to Starlink satellite systems for strikes against Russian missile launchers.
The European Commission has also called on SpaceX to fully restore high-speed Starlink services in Ukraine, stressing that satellite communications are essential both for military operations on the front lines and for civilian needs.
