In a series of posts to his X account, Elon Musk has called the baby ugly as it pertains to Ukraine and the DC system that benefits from the continued funding exploits. This response appears to be pushback against those who are blaming him for restricting the use of Starlink systems.
A few hours before this post, the Wall Street Journal published yet another article on the Starlink/Starshield dynamic where they attempted to walk back part of their prior false reporting – yet frame the new information as Musk was still to blame.
(VIA WSJ) – The Ukrainian military says the disruption of its use of Starlink satellites is having a significant impact on Kyiv’s defenses against Russia’s invasion. The slowdown triggered a wave of finger-pointing, much of it focused on the difference between SpaceX’s better-known Starlink service for consumers and its Starshield service for government users.
SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk ordered the slowdown and discussed the decision in a call with President Trump, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. U.S. officials said Trump called Musk Wednesday and asked him to lift restrictions. But Ukrainian officials said they were still suffering from low-speed limits early on Friday.
What is Starlink? – Starlink is SpaceX’s global network of more than 11,000 low-Earth-orbit satellites that beam broadband service to terminals around the world. Starlink customers include rural homeowners, recreational boaters, airlines—and hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians. Many civilians use the relatively cheap satellite service to stay online where the country’s broadband infrastructure is damaged.
What is Starshield? – Starshield is SpaceX’s more secure satellite service for governments. It has two variants: a custom-built satellite network SpaceX launched for the Pentagon; and a lower-tier, military-grade service that connects to commercial Starlink satellites. The more basic service offers encryption features, and allows the equipment to travel at faster speeds than those on a commercial Starlink account.
What service does Ukraine use? – Ukraine is using the more basic Starshield service, which uses Starlink’s equipment. Ukraine’s weapons—attack drones, interceptors and uncrewed boats—need to travel at high speeds to intercept Russian Shahed-type drones, bomb the Russian army’s logistics and stall Russia’s invasion force. Many of those drone missions are now failing because of the speed limit imposed by SpaceX, according to the Ukrainian military.
The U.S. government owns the physical Starshield satellite constellation that SpaceX operates, but that isn’t the infrastructure that Ukrainian forces are using. Troops there use a kind of “Starshield as a service”—infrastructure owned and controlled by SpaceX. Some of the Starshield links used in Ukraine were bought with U.S. funds, including through a $138 million contract issued in 2024.(read more)
When you peel all the skin back from the layers of this narrative, what we likely discover is that Ukraine was using the Starlink (“Starshield as a service”) product to launch and guide drones into Russia, thereby using Musk’s network to carry out attacks into Russia likely without authorization.
With all of the deal-making before these Starlink issues, during the Starlink issues and after the Starlink issues, the actual clarity of the situation is muddled. However, if President Trump is trying to leverage both Ukraine and Russia toward a peace agreement, the elimination of Zelenskyy’s ability to weaponize Starlink is likely a shove in the direction of peace.
Carney is such a globalist EUnuch. Canadians should be embarrassed of that azzhat
Carney; the world’s latest “light bringer” aka Lucifer.
Oh hang on there, just like his hero’s O’Biden, Pelosi, Fauchi?, Burn’It in England and several Eunechos, my Chicago Pope , he is a staunch practising Catholic on good term with ‘my’ Chicago Pope.
The Canadian Middle Class and POOR are getting squeezed… jobs are leaving Canada hurting them more, yet the first thing Carney cries about is Ukraine.
I wonder how much Carney has gotten from that sweet Ukrainian Cheedar?
… whoever holds his strings and makes him sing and talk may get a bigger cut.
Zelenskyy is a liar.
The Wall Street Journal lied, continues to lie, and is peddling its lies to the rest of the corrupt corporate media.
Today’s chopper presser featured more lying based on the media pretending not to know the difference between Starlink, Starshield, Star Wars, Star Trek, and Dancing With the Stars.
Arrogant ignorance combined with pathological lying is a dangerous combination.
Upvoted you for mentioning Star Wars, Star Trek, and Dancing With the Stars.
Bingo. That’s what the MSM and gut-eating, corrupt politicians do.
Let’s hope He/they completely cut starlink/starshield for them. Long past time to end this.
No Miss Lindsey to McCain this for Z Man.
The warmonger Republican politicians are probably also benefitting because of their investments in the arms industry.
I find all warmongering US politicians despicable people who have the blood of many both Ukrainians and Russians on their hands for pouring gasoline of the flames of this war. They could have pushed for a peace settlement in 2022 and spared these lives.
WSJ reporting makes me wonder what’s their angle in the war laundering opn?
Please, President Trump: Follow through on your campaign promise to end this war. The US has no interest in Ukraine. Russia and Putin are NOT the enemy of the US.
You can lead a horse to water…
We don’t want to go to war to end that war.
Ultimately it’s up to Russia and Ukraine to make that decision.
There is no ignorance here. There are simply narrative, propaganda and the most expedient lies. First Lil’ Z specifically complained that he couldn’t use Starlink to hit targets inside of Russia. Now, to garner sympathy, the narrative has changed. Now he sez that he wants to use Starlink for defensive purposes. The bottom line is that offensive purposes and defensive purposes are both military purposes, which are banned under the terms of service. To the best of his ability, Elon should ban all Ukrainian governmental use of Starlink for thirty days. Let ’em sit in time-out for a month and then perhaps they will comply with the terms of service.
How many times are the European political leaders going to destroy their people?
The Nazi-themed Europe, including Ukraine, is playing out the final chapter of WWII.
The USA has spent 350 billion. Orban said the EU has spent 340 billion,
The UK and Canada have signed 100-year agreements with Ukraine.
The young men in the 24th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment “Danmark” fought to the last man,
as Ukraine now fights to the last man.
A ceasefire or a ”peace”agreement without a winner and loser will just prolong the war.
Rebuilding means rearming and waiting for Ukrainian children to grow into men.
Maybe Russia has been strategically defeated and is ready to have a peace ”deal”.
The ugly baby is the munchkin himself.
Weazelenskyy is eliminating most of Ukraine’s military age males. Can anybody guess where their replacements will come from after the war is over?
I would bet the USA paid for Starlink to help prevent Ukraine from being isolated and for general comms. I suspect that Ukraine then weaponized it for their drone program.