Elon Musk apparently ordered Starlink communications to be cut off to prevent Ukraine from bombing Russian warships


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Daniel Oberhaus

Elon Musk's biography book `` Elon Musk '' by American journalist and biographer Walter Isaacson will be published in Japan on September 13, 2023. The biography notes that Musk ordered Starlink's network around the Crimean coast to be shut down to prevent bomb-laden Ukrainian unmanned submarines from attacking Russian warships. It has been.

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CNN quoted a portion of Mr. Isaacson's biographical book ``Elon Musk'', and it became clear that Mr. Musk was interfering in the situation in Russia and Ukraine. According to the report, Musk ordered SpaceX engineers to shut down Starlink's network around the coast of Crimea to prevent a surprise attack by Ukraine on the Russian Navy's fleet by an unmanned submarine loaded with explosives. is.

As a result, the Ukrainian unmanned submarine 'lost network connectivity and was harmlessly washed ashore,' Isaacson wrote.

The reason why Mr. Mask blocked Starlink's network is because he thought, ``Isn't Russia going to retaliate with nuclear weapons in Crimea after being attacked by Ukraine?'' In a conversation with senior officials from the Russian government, Musk explained that he was keenly aware of the possibility of using nuclear weapons.



In February 2022, just before Russia's invasion of Ukraine began in earnest, Mr. Mask provided Ukraine with equipment such as antennas for using Starlink, a satellite communication service provided by SpaceX.

However, since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began, it has been reported that Mr. Mask has blocked Starlink's communications multiple times. However, British media The Guardian pointed out that it had not been reported that Mr. Mask had blocked Ukrainian military communications during a specific operation.

It turns out that SpaceX has restricted the use of ``Starlink'' by the Ukrainian army, ``There was no intention to weaponize it,'' executives-GIGAZINE


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Although no date was given for the planned Ukrainian bomb attack by unmanned submarine, Musk called the Ukrainian plan 'although Ukrainian forces were operating within internationally recognized territorial waters.' It seems that they called it 'Mini Pearl Harbor' and were cautious.

In his biography, Musk said, ``Starlink was not given to Ukraine to be involved in the war. It was supposed to have been provided to allow peaceful activities,' Isaacson said.

In addition, when Mr. Mask cut off Starlink communication, Mr. Jake Sullivan, President Joe Biden's National Security Advisor, Chairman of the General Staff Headquarters General Mark Millie, Russian Ambassador to the United States, etc. Mr. Isaacson wrote that they had a meeting.

When Starlink's network was blocked by Mr. Mask's instructions, Mikhail Fedorov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation, who leads Ukraine's digital strategy, begged for Starlink's network to be restored. Among them, Mr. Fedoroff seems to have told Mr. Mask, ``I want you to know this if you are trying to change the world through technology.''

On the other hand, Mr. Musk said, ``(Ukraine's attack) has now gone too far and has resulted in a strategic defeat,'' he said, refusing to restore the network.



An investigation released by the European Commission reveals that Musk's X played a key role in spreading Russian propaganda about the invasion of Ukraine.

After it was reported that Mr. Mask blocked Starlink's communication and interfered with the attack by the Ukrainian military, he said, ``There is an urgent request from Ukrainian government authorities to allow Starlink to be used in Crimea and Sevastopol. The intention was clearly to attack the Russian fleet at anchor, and if we had complied with the request, SpaceX would clearly have been complicit in the serious act of escalating the war. ' and argued that the war could have intensified if communications had not been cut off.




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