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  • Russian forces in Ukraine are reportedly using Starlink terminals for internet connectivity.
  • The Ukrainian military claims that the use of Starlink by Russian troops is becoming "systemic".
  • SpaceX, the owner of Starlink, denies selling equipment to the Russian government or military.

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[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 89 points 7 months ago

Maybe Elon needs to go to prison for eggregiously violating sanctions. Is that a thing? Can someone get prison time for such a crime?

[-] DemBoSain@midwest.social 45 points 7 months ago

lol, not the rich. If only there were some legal mechanism to freeze his accounts...

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 30 points 7 months ago

Good thinking. We freeze the accounts of other Russian oligarchs. Why not this one?

[-] Spitzspot@lemmings.world 79 points 7 months ago

Take away his government contracts, claw back the funds and prosecute him.

[-] ZhaoYadang@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Even better, nationalize it. We don’t have to let Musk keep control of it at all.

[-] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

I don't think y'all want to take over that shit show of a company.

It's an unsustainable model

[-] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 68 points 7 months ago

Lmao now the US is actually funding a tool Putin is using against the US.

Trump isn't even elected yet either.

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 51 points 7 months ago

Musk is the Henry Ford of our time. Helping his pal, the enemy, as far as possible within the bounds of treason laws.

[-] ItsMeSpez@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago

"I may have committed some light treason."

[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 36 points 7 months ago

But I thought Elon Musk said that starlink wasn't used by Russia "as far as he knows"?

[-] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 33 points 7 months ago

No, he said that he doesn't sell starlink terminals in Russia. When asked whether Russia uses starlink he declined to answer.

[-] TacoThrash3r@sh.itjust.works 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Nothing like war profiteering

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 7 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Russian forces are using Starlink terminals on the front line in Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian military, which said the adoption of Elon Musk’s satellite internet service by Moscow’s troops was becoming “systemic”.

In a post on X on Sunday Musk, the company’s chief executive, said: “A number of false news reports claim that SpaceX is selling Starlink terminals to Russia.

Musk provided thousands of Starlink terminals to Ukraine to help it fend off Russian troops soon after their full-scale invasion in February 2022, giving Kyiv’s forces a valuable technological advantage in the form of high-speed internet for communications, targeting and battlefield management software.

However, Kyiv’s praise for the businessman turned to fury when Musk started to limit the operation of Starlink in areas of Ukraine that Russian forces have occupied since 2014, including Crimea.

But introducing or reintroducing so-called “geofencing” to stop Starlink use by Russia on the front line could also affect the Ukrainian military’s devices given the proximity of the two sides’ positions.

A biography of Musk by Walter Isaacson published last autumn detailed how the tycoon refused to allow Starlink to be used by Ukrainian forces for a naval drone strike on Russian ships in Sevastopol.


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[-] brlemworld@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Weren't they also doing this last year? How is this news? Attention everyone, this guy invented a wheel and you can move things easily with it!

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