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.
Yup. There was a period a couple of months ago where there was a new story about Musk’s feckless incompetence every single day of the week, and I made a video about it. He gets a ton of bad press but it’s rare for there to be a brand new story about how shitty he is every day of the week.
I hate that the only people who get time with him on camera are sycophants or playing the role of sycophants because it profits them. It would be so wonderful if journalists did their job and brought up his failed predictions every single time a camera is pointed his way.
He picks those people. He’s not going to talk to real journalists, and let the videos get out. He’s the richest man on the planet, he gets to manipulate everyone and there’s nothing anyone can do about it.
You’re not wrong.
Just have to hope one day he goes down a k-hole that’s way too deep and pulls a Matthew Perry.