Bangladesh, Oct. 18 -- Washingtons denial of deliberately restricting Ukraines satellite communications has opened another front in an increasingly bitter confrontation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Zelensky. At stake is not merely the reliability of Starlink, but a much larger question: how far is the United States prepared to support Ukraines military campaign against Russia when Washingtons own economic and strategic priorities are shifting?

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has dismissed Zelenskys allegation that Washington deliberately ordered restrictions on satellite services used by Ukrainian drones, insisting that the United States had no role in the reported disruption. Yet conflicting accounts from media outlets, persisten...