Musk steps in – SpaceX blocks Starlink use on Russian drones

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/musk-steps-in-spacex-blocks-starlink-use-1769940889.html

46 Comments

  1. MilkEnvironmental106 on

    If anything this is musk stepping out. He’s been a enabling them the entire time.

  2. pantalooniedoon on

    “Steps in”? His company is providing unauthorized use to Russians and it is framed as “steps in”? Just take his ass to jail already

  3. fameistheproduct on

    I think his only interest in this that’s he jealous that Putin is actually the richest guy in the world and also Putin has a functioning pee pee.

  4. lowkeymanbearpig on

    This happen mostly because Ukraine is working on getting off starlink, and europe is working for 1 year to remplace starlink, at least in ukraine and then in EU, but only for military.

  5. Oh, this is timely. Couldn’t be a distraction from something else in the news… Could it?

    Also, as he’s a massive Putin bootlicker I doubt he has stopped anything.

  6. Flamboiant_Canadian on

    Russia turned off the internet and so did Musk.

    Don’t look at this like a good thing. 

  7. I guess since there is more and more irrefutable evidence that the guy isn’t just a pedo, but a virulently hated and incredibly unpopular one – even in pedo circles – it sorta looks bad that he’s also been helping Russia.

    So since he can’t walk back his pedophilia and sex-crimes, or how loathed he is in his personal circles, I guess doing the bare minimum for Ukraine is how he’s going to rectify his image.

    People like him think we can’t hurt them because they’re rich, such a folly.

  8. b3iAAoLZOH9Y265cujFh on

    I somehow doubt credit for that goes to Elon, but maybe that’s just me having trust issues for some weird reason.

  9. It blocked moving starlinks in Ukraine above 70-90kmh unless whitelisted. Ukraine also also been dealing with the Russian drones that use Ukraine cell networks. Ukraine does the same inside Russia and the Russian fix is to shut off the cell networks.

  10. Funny how he does this now that the e-mails between him and Epstein are out.

    There are some upsides to being a narcissist who needs to be loved and admired, eh? As if doing this erased all the other stuff.

    Anyways, a good deed is a good deed. Now to wait for the next Sieg Heil moment after things have calmed down.

  11. anachronistic_circus on

    So the actual facts so far:

    Recently starlink terminals have been discovered on downed Russian drones. These are being bought through “neutral” countries which the Russians use to evade sanctions.

    These terminals won’t “handshake” with the satellite in mainland Russia, so the theory was that they activate once they are over Ukraine to provide connection/guidance over Ukrainian territory

    This was soon confirmed by Ukrainian MOD and Starlink

    Ukrainian MOD asked for Stalink’s help to track suspicious connected terminals (ie ones moving at a suspicious speed)

    Starlink responded positively and Ukrainian MOD confirmed it.

    “Totally unironically”, all of a sudden Starlink took a more active stance in defending Ukrainian sky than the whole of NATO

    Facts people… not emotions….

  12. ExcitingRelief2497 on

    I think Ukraine switched long time ago to the French competitor of Starlink for their most critical missions. After ruining multiple missions by turning off their Starlinks and possibly giving away ukrainian positions and intel to ruzzians. Musk is a little man with no friends and he will die alone despised by mostly everyone.

  13. “My name has appeared in the Epstein files, how do I repair this some and make it look like I care?”

    “Team, stop the Russians using Starlink”

    My work here is done, increase the value of my companies! 🙂

  14. So weird how he’s outed in the Trumpstein files & NOW he is blocking the drones. But is he really? This entire administration is so corrupt that the average American cant trust ANYTHING put out by our own government. Try to distance yourself, Musk. It seems like you were distanced by Epstein himself, so why does anyone trust anything this oligarch, as well as other oligarchs, are saying? Fucking mind boggling.

  15. I don’t understand why he’s getting praise now. Someone is paying for the accounts russians use, he’s been making money on this all the time. And still is.

  16. eating_your_syrup on

    Trying to buy good PR after the Epstein related news. He doesn’t care about the people he’s helping as a byproduct.