🧵WSJ: “Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink relied on by Ukraine, a decision that sparked panic in Kyiv and confusion inside the Trump administration, U.S. officials and people familiar with the matter said. …
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“Last week, Musk capped the speeds at which Ukrainian hardware could stay connected to the satellite-based network, the people said, rendering some offensive drones and interceptor drones virtually useless.”
“Musk and Trump discussed the Starlink decision in a call soon after the slowdown became public, while the president was campaigning last week, two of the people said. One of the people also claimed Musk and Trump discussed the matter prior to the decision to throttle Starlink.
“During the uproar, SpaceX representatives called White House counterparts seeking a unified understanding and subsequent message that the company and Trump administration coordinated ahead of Musk’s directive, the people said.”
“Some U.S. officials say that Musk acted unilaterally and that Trump didn’t specifically order any retribution against Ukraine. But a person familiar with the situation said Musk talked to multiple senior administration officials, including with Trump, before imposing the new
“Michael Kofman…said ‘Ukrainian forces continue to be throttled in their ability to employ strike drones and interceptor drones to 160 kilometers per hour, but the current connection is below 130 kilometers per hour, and the limits continue to hamper Ukrainian strike operations
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Trump deals to buy Russian diesel, paused sanctions, halts international military hardware transfer to Ukraine and throttles back their access to Starlink- who doesn’t think Trump is a Russian asset?
If it basically becomes Ukraine never had Starshield per Rubio…. And essentially SpaceX and the US allowed Ukraine to illegally use Starlink for offensive weapons for years… (along with defensive ones) and after the last few weeks musk and Trump decided the illegal use wasn’t
No private citizen should have this much power. He's living out his dream of being Bond villain at the expense of innocent people
If true the fact that our gov left such a impactful decision to someone in the private sector on major foreign policy during a war is an incredible admission.
Time to nationalize SpaceX and stop giving him any government money or tax breaks.
“ hey Elon it would be a shame if the starlink went down”. We know the drill
It's PR they are going to point the finger back and forth so we all talk about who did it and who to blame instead of doing anything about it.
It’s almost like they are trying to stop Zelensky from forcing Russia to attack NATO.
NATO wants war btw.
They are trying to prevent WW3. They know they cannot, but they are trying .
Who are these US officials? Who are these people familiar with tge matter? Where is actual proof?
This is a midterm ploy.
