Zelenskyy condemns "deliberate" Starlink slowdown in Bloomberg briefing
The short News Now bulletin pairs Ukraine's satellite-access restrictions with Trump's waiver of Russian energy sanctions.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 139,317 views a day, 52 times a normal first day on this channel (2,700).
Bloomberg News Now: Ukraine Starlink Restrictions
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- 0:00Zelenskyy criticizes what he calls a deliberate Starlink slowdown affecting Ukraine.
- 0:29Trump waives Russian energy sanctions; Jeff Mason connects the decision to fuel prices and electoral pressures.
- 2:14Kevin Warsh's remarks boost expectations of a Fed rate hold, with Kate Davidson explaining investors' search for direction.
- 3:03Boeing awaits FAA certification for its largest 737 Max model, the Max 10.
Bloomberg Podcasts' regular videos usually draw a few thousand views on their first day. Its Ukraine-led News Now bulletin reached roughly 74,000 in nine hours, bringing an unusually large audience to a compact headline roundup.
The report opens with Volodymyr Zelenskyy's criticism of what he calls a deliberate Starlink slowdown. Satellite communications are the lead story, but this is a rolling news bulletin rather than an extended investigation into the restrictions or who ordered them.
It moves quickly to Donald Trump's executive order waiving energy sanctions on Russia. Bloomberg reporter Jeff Mason connects that decision to fuel prices and electoral pressures, placing another consequential Russia policy decision immediately after the Ukraine update.
The financial coverage offers a different question: what investors should take from Kevin Warsh's remarks. Kate Davidson describes hopes for a clearer interest-rate signal, while the bulletin reports increased market expectations that the Federal Reserve will hold rates steady.
For readers looking specifically for the story in the title, the Ukraine coverage starts immediately; the sanctions report follows before the first minute is over.
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- Channel
- Bloomberg Podcasts
- Subscribers
- 594,000 ▲ 4,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 2,931,318
- Channel views, pace per day
- 454,191 (on a normal day: 379,589)
- Video published
- October 17, 2026
- Video views so far
- 74,179 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 139,317
The numbers
The bulletin has already drawn far more views than a usual first day for Bloomberg Podcasts' regular videos, with only part of that day elapsed.
