KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Elon Musk said on Saturday that his company SpaceX had throttled the Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine, disrupting operations that the country relies on to defend itself against Russia.
Musk’s admission on social media came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine’s access to Starlink and Starshield satellite links has been restored to the speeds it had before restrictions that disrupted front-line operations for more than a week.
Questions have persisted since last week about who ordered the interruptions to the Musk-made satellite internet system that Kyiv has relied on for years to counter Moscow’s attacks.
“The speeds are now where they need to be,” Zelenskyy wrote on X, adding that restoration began overnight and were sufficient by Saturday morning, improving front-line logistics and defense against Russian jet-powered Shahed drones.
Did he ever say why? Not that it matters.
Probably some backroom blackmail with Ukraine regarding diesel.
Officially because Ukraine uses it for killing and he doesn’t like killing. That’s comletely hypocritical as gutting USAID is estimated to result in hundred thousands of deaths, what’s more than the total death number in the Ukraine war.
Unofficially because he has feelings for Putin and dictators in general?
He’s a moron. Ukraine uses Starlink purely defensively. When they signed the contract under Biden they made it so Starlink only works over Ukrainian territory and immediately gets shut down if it goes over the border. Shit it doesn’t even work over occupied territory like Crimea. The Ukrainians use it for interceptor drones to defend from Russian missiles and drones.