Starlink gets the kill switch, and Ukraine is left in the dark
Everything was humming along until the satellites decided to stop playing ball during a massive aerial assault.
So, the latest wrinkle in this whole situation is that Starlink suddenly decided to go dark for the Ukrainian military. It seems the satellites stopped working right as a wave of ballistic missiles and drones started hitting Kyiv and Kharkiv. Because the connection dropped, there was zero warning about the incoming fire.
The outage specifically hit terminals moving at high speeds—you know, the kind you’d strap to a drone to guide it toward a target. While Elon Musk has pulled this stunt before, the timing feels a bit too convenient. It looks like SpaceX might be feeling the pressure from the Trump administration to force a ceasefire. When a private billionaire's internet service becomes a geopolitical lever, things get messy fast.
It’s a bold strategy to effectively ground a country's air defense warnings because someone wants a deal signed.
Source: UPI
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