This Thursday, CNN had the privilege of reaching out to the book’s author, Walter Isaacson (later its CEO), revealed Last year Elon Musk said, “He secretly ordered his engineers to disable his company’s Starlink satellite communications network near the Crimean coast. […] To disrupt the Ukrainian secret attack on the Russian navy”.
Ukraine can no longer use Elon Musk’s satellites for military purposes
Explosive drones
At that time (beginning of September 2022), the Ukrainian army was very active in the eastern part (Kharkiv region), launched a counteroffensive, which allowed to recover at least 6000 km2 from Russia. Until the end of October, Ukrainian forces gradually advanced and retook various cities and regions, as winter gradually brought an end to the operation.
What we know less is that the Ukrainian military has been preparing a major offensive on the Russian-occupied side of Crimea since 2014, using the territory as a supposedly impregnable rear base. Of course, there were clues; On October 8, 2022, the Kerch Bridge, which connects the peninsula to Russian territory, came under a spectacular attack, possibly by a… semi-submersible naval drone.
It was in this context that Ukraine reportedly launched its attack against the Russian navy off the coast of Crimea. However, “As Ukrainian bomb-laden underwater drones approached Russian navy, they ‘lost contact and landed harmlessly’ (Editor’s note: Starlink is down), according to a story by Walter Isaacson, CNN reports.
By doing so, the billionaire, who spoke to senior Russian officials, wanted to avoid “Mini Pearl Harbor” According to Isaacson, rule out a possible nuclear response against Russia and Ukraine.
Obscure Mr. Musk
Elon Musk has never concealed an offensive military use, if the Starling’s use in Ukraine resumed last June following an agreement between the company and the Pentagon.she” The tool made him uncomfortable. It wasn’t always like this: A few days after the invasion began, Musk responded positively to a request from Ukrainian digital minister Mykhailo Fyodorov, who asked for help with telecommunications. Just in time to treat you to a major PR stunt: Since early March, Starlink has been — according to Musk — “”The only non-Russian communication system still functioning in some parts of Ukraine”. The beautiful story between the battered country and the billionaire continued, with the latter going so far as to challenge Putin to single combat.
Then the tide finally turned, and in the spring of 2022, Elon Musk lamented the cost of this kind of assistance, then ordered cuts to the Starlink network (in the fall) amid a Ukrainian counteroffensive. At the same time, the millionaire is a ““Peace Project” The Kremlin was proud of the demands. A new referendum on the annexed regions, the recognition of Ukraine “Crimea is officially part of Russia or guarantees the “neutrality of Ukraine”. – Understand that the country has not joined NATO or the European Union.
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