India, Oct. 17 -- US President Donald Trump has denied claims that he or SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was responsible for the disruption of Starlink services in Ukraine earlier this week. His remarks come amid rising tensions between Washington and Kyiv over Ukraine's military operations against Russian energy infrastructure and the fragile efforts to establish an energy ceasefire between the two countries.

Speaking to reporters on Friday while travelling to a campaign rally in Georgia, Trump said neither he nor Musk had ordered any restrictions on Ukraine's Starlink access. He also suggested that the service might not have experienced a significant slowdown.

"I didn't do that. No, we didn't do that at all. In fact, I don't even think it was sl...