Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells the Guardian that SpaceX is not being honest about throttling Ukraine's Starshield system, calling speed limits that stop Ukrainian drones intercepting Russian Shahed drones and restrict mid-range strikes 'political' rather than 'technical'. In the Kyiv interview he also rejects ceding Donbas, dismisses Putin's Kostiantynivka 'humanitarian mission' offer as a ploy, and calls Moscow's revived demand for a pre-1997 Nato footprint alarming.