U.S. Tells Musk Not To Cripple Ukraine's Starlink Internet Service

The US government has talked with Elon Musk about his plan to cripple the use of 22,000 Starlink antennas in Ukraine, repeating his fear that with the use of his internet service, Ukraine could hit deeper into Russia and start World War III.

Photo Insert: Blinken did not the details of the conversations with Musk, but it must have involved a persuasive tack for the South African-born billionaire to stop his talk about eviscerating the advantage that Ukrainians still enjoy.

In an interview with NBC News, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US government has had conversations with the usually loquacious

Musk, who has flip-flopped on what he really wants to do in Ukraine, which is to support Kyiv or back Moscow, which launched an invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, and had been bogged down in three Ukrainian regions, none of which it controls completely.

Musk threatened to limit the internet service of Starlink to prevent Ukrainian forces from using it to hit Russian troop concentrations, military hardware and communications systems.

Blinken did not the details of the conversations with Musk, but it must have involved a persuasive tack for the South African-born billionaire to stop his talk about eviscerating the advantage that Ukrainians still enjoy.

SpaceX had put measures in place to prevent Ukraine's Armed Forces from using the company's Starlink satellite internet service for controlling drones, SpaceX's president said on Feb. 8, Reuters reported earlier.

Musk relied on US subsidies to keep Tesla afloat and he lined his pockets after NASA approved contracts for his SpaceX to launch US satellites and spaceships.

Tesla is also under investigation for its faulty so-called driverless cars, with the company forced to recall 362,000 cars that were hyped by Musk to be “autonomous” driverless vehicles.

National security officials are also looking into Musk’s ties with Vladimir Putin and foreign governments, saying these could have national security implications.

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