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Musk Secretly Used Starlink to Foil Ukrainian Drone Attack on Russian Ships (www.thedailybeast.com)

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Original source: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink/index.html

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[-] nosurprises@lemm.ee 96 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

was driven by an acute fear that Russia would respond to a Ukrainian attack on Crimea with nuclear weapons

That man is stupid. He can do with Twitter whatever he wants, but someone like him shouldn't have control over what the Ukrainian army can and can't do.

[-] Microw@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago

To be fair the Ukrainian army knew that they were not supposed to use Starlink for military purposes. The company entered into a contract with the Ukranian government particularily for civilian use.

But yeah, I still agree with you.