Ukraine Russia Online: US will soon reset the sharing of news information with Kiev
Billionaire and Trump's advisor Musk assured, that Ukraine will continue to have access to the Starlink satellite system.
It is operated by his company SpaceX. The world agencies are informed.
« To make it clear: no matter how much I disagree with Ukraine's policy, Starlink will never turn off its terminals. We would never do something like that and we would never abuse it as a negotiating lever, » Musk wrote on the X platform.
In another post on the same day, Musk said shortly before that his Starlink system was « the backbone of the Ukrainian army » and if he turned it off, « her entire front line would collapse ».
This contribution was responded to the X -Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, who said that the Polish Digitization Ministry pays about $ 50 million per year for Ukraine for Ukraine. « If we leave aside the ethics that someone is threatening a victim of aggression – if it turns out that SpaceX is an unreliable provider, we will be forced to look for other suppliers, » Sikorski said.
Musk answered by a post in which he wrote, « Be silent, a small man. You pay a slight fraction of the cost. And there is no substitute for Starlink. »
The American Foreign Minister Marco Rubio also joined the verbal shootout, who also pointed out on the X Sikorský network: « Do not think. No one was threatening to cut Ukraine from Starlink.
In this context, the AP recalled that in fact Russia was bordering on Poland through the Kaliningrad region, the Russian exclusive between Poland and Lithuania.
The exchange of views ended with Sikorski, who thanked Rubius: « Thank you, Marco, for confirming that brave Ukrainian soldiers can rely on a vital Internet service that the US and Poland together provide. Europe and the United States can jointly help Ukraine achieve fair peace.
Starlink is a satellite network that provides Internet access in very remote areas of the world. After the beginning of the invasion of the Russian forces in February 2022, Musk provided for some time Starlink Ukraine for free. The Ukrainian army uses it in defense against Russian aggression, often the only means of communication on the front.
After a recent conflict with the Greeny, Trump ordered a temporary interruption of US military aid to Ukraine. His administration also suspended the sharing of news information with Kiev and access to Maxar satellite shots, which led to concerns that Ukrainian troops will no longer have access to Starlink. (TASR)
