I have a bit of special knowledge into Starlink, but I haven't dug deep into this story

Starshield is the military version of Starlink that Ukraine was using. This is what was shut off allegedly at the request of the White House

When it was shut off, they were dropped to Starlink with a 100mph/160kph speed limit, which I find interesting. 100mph is actually the speed limit for regular Starlink plans. You have to pay a ton extra to bypass that speed limit

Then there is a second one, I forget where it's at, maybe 350mph, which is again 10x as expensive. I think in the range of $10,000/month for internet service without a speed limit. It's only intended for use by private jets, and even then many are balking at the cost

On a technical level, there is nothing different about these plans. It's an arbitrary restriction to squeeze out more money. I find it interesting the speed limit was applied. Last I heard Ukraine was being squeezed for a ton of money for those terminals. Thousands a month, each

All this rambling to say: Someone chose to let Ukraine use Starlink with a speed limit, to minimize the impact while still sending a message