Musk secretly forced the shutdown of Starlink to prevent Ukrainian Armed Forces marine drones from attacking the Russian navy for fear of a nuclear response

Starlink has been available in Ukraine since 2022 in response to an invasion by the Russian Federation. Nevertheless, sometimes Elon Musk, interferes with the satellite internet. Very often his actions play into the hands of russia.

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Last year, the SpaceX owner secretly had engineers shut down Starlink near the Crimean peninsula to prevent the Ukrainian Armed Forces from attacking the Russian Federation's Black Sea fleet. This is reported by CNN, citing an excerpt from the biography of the American billionaire by Walter Isaacson.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine wanted to attack Russian warships using kamikaze drones filled with explosives. However, the drones lost communication as they approached the Russian fleet.

Ukrainian officials then began asking the US billionaire to resume satellite internet access in the region. Musk's decision to switch off Starlink was due to the fear that after the attack on the ships, Russia could respond with a nuclear strike. Such thoughts appeared in the head of SpaceX after communicating with high-ranking officials of the Russian Federation.

As time has shown, Russia does not respond to strikes on its ships. Ukrainian drones have already hit several targets in the Black Sea and attacked the Kerch Bridge. Nevertheless, this story reveals the influence Musk has on the war and that US authorities cannot completely ignore him.

Source: CNN