“They are like blind kittens,” a Ukrainian General Staff commander tells POLITICO.
Two days after Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched Starlink verification and blocked unverified terminals in Ukraine, the pace of Russia’s offensive appears to be slowing, a Ukrainian military official told POLITICO.
“Currently, such a trend is indeed observed. But it will be necessary to monitor further whether it will continue, whether there will be other factors,” said the official, granted anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.
“However, at some places, Ukrainian military Starlinks which have not been registered yet have also been disconnected. But the registration process is ongoing,” the official added.
This should also serve as a wake-up call for Europe, deeply dependent on US technology services
I am entirely convinced that if every billionaire motherfucker drops dead this very second there will be peace on earth tomorrow.
This is great, a private citizen has the power to influence the outcome of wars, that’s how it’s supposed to work wooo!
His assets should be frozen and he should be charged for war crimes and space x and starlink should be immediately turned over to nasa and space force
So he could have done this years ago…
To those coming in to this post to say “Wow, a billionaire shouldn’t be able to impact the outcome of geopolitical conflicts with the touch of a button!”
All I can say is…
How many Ukrainians did Elon Musk kill by waiting this long to do this?
Starlink units have supported Ukrainian forces throughout the invasion, but Russian forces have also captured many of the units as a result. Musk’s company had been working to block Russian forces from utilizing the captured devices, and Ukrainian officials now say they are working to prevent Russian access long term.
There have been multiple reports of Russians using brand new western communications equipment.
eww please don’t bother linking to fox news
It was the earliest source available that showed Musk’s actions.
While I don’t support Musk, I did want to verify that he acted in good faith on this one thing.
There’s no way to verify that with a Fox link because they will happily leave out relevant information to build a narrative that doesn’t match reality.
Strange how he was able to find a solution once the Epstein files showed he is a pedo who raped kids
I’ve seen videos of Russian using donkeys to carry ammunition, but I find out hard to behind believe they will officialize using stolen third party internet access points for any military operation.
The sheer amount of risks you would be exposed for something that they should have planned for years ago is insane. From giving away your location, risk if man in the middle attacks to just being cut in the worse possible moment.
The troops using then to circumvent restrictions I can imagine.
I think it’s because Ukrainians are killing more russians a month than they can recruit. This is the first war where the number of deaths is higher than wounded on the russian side.
So a billionaire’s decision to help an invading country resulted in thousands of casualties
Ban the rich, wealth caps now! Nobody should have a networth over millions, nobody should be allowed to hoard so much wealth for just themselves to use in evil ways
Anything over a million goes to tax
Well that’s the problem with flat caps. Where I rent right now, houses are very very close to a million. So if it’s just a flat cap without additional housing, I’d never own a home.
Also where I lived a few years ago. A mil was comfortable where I would not mind giving up everything over a mil.
Well I don’t have a good solution to the problem other than just making sure one house per family is maximum. I don’t think it would solve too much wealth problem.
No one to be allowed to own two. Unmarried can have one house each, but the moment they marry, they must sell one house. Companies can never own residential real estate, that may fix some of the tax issues. Also you take away things like second yatch because it’s “floating home”.
GP said millions.
999 million is enough for everyone.
100 million is also enough for everyone.
All I’m saying is, limit needs to by dynamic based on what one can afford. A roof over their heads, enough to eat nutricious food, enough to afford heating /cooling with some extra for a few luxuries and hobbies. These numbers look different at different places. That’s all.
Anything over a million goes to tax
They also said this
On Friday, Russian military bloggers, who in the past have praised Musk for his anti-Ukrainian rhetoric, complained about the mass failure of terminals for the Starlink satellite service that began on the evening on Feb. 4 on the frontline in Ukraine.
Seig Hieling Elon Musk was loved by the Russian military bloggers. Only just until five days ago - on 2026-02-04 - did the oligarch and Epstein island fan flip the switch.
There is something very wrong with this picture and I hope he’s remembered for how long he took to do so.
How long was it?
“Participate in the “redeem Musk op” or we withdraw further support.”
I guess It’s working. Now merge xitter into SpaceX and popular opinion will be primed to protect your shitty parasitic enterprises from any regulatory oversight.
edit: looking at some of the comments, including some fox news cites, holy shit, the psy op is overwhelmingly successful…
I am doubtful that starlink had any measurable impact. Are they telling us that superpower Russia is unable to provide wireless communications for their soldiers on the front lines bordering their own country? As if Russia didn’t have it’s won satelites, cell towers they could build, which are line of sight, and other methods like sending signals over power lines.
I believe that for whatever reason they may have been using it, and enjoying the extra bandwidth, and that they had a lull retooling after it’s cut off. I don’t believe that Russia is dependent on Elon Musk’s shitty satelite internet, which by all accounts is worlds worse than fiber optics.
I am doubtful that starlink had any measurable impact.
You can doubt all you like but there’s a lot of documented cases of Russia using SL on their drones and in their command bunkers, too many to be easily denied.
Are they telling us that superpower Russia…
Russia isn’t a superpower. In all ways but their nuclear arsenal they are at best a regional power.
As if Russia didn’t have it’s won satelites, cell towers they could build, which are line of sight, and other methods like sending signals over power lines.
Russia has very few satellites and perhaps only a handful of modern ones. They could build cell towers…and then Ukraine will blow them the fuck up, jam them, or listen to their comms. Signals over power lines? What power lines?
I don’t believe that Russia is dependent on Elon Musk’s shitty satelite internet, which by all accounts is worlds worse than fiber optics.
Again, what you believe may not match reality.
It would not be the first time I overestimated Russia honestly, your criticisms there may not be without merit. The fact of the matter is Russia is fascist, and fascists don’t end up with good leadership or stewardship of the economy. Just as they don’t even make the components for advanced weapons systems that they once reverse engineered from western weapons (and consumer goods for that matter,) perhaps they’ve let their capability to make and use the internet languish.
I am aware it’s not just me the military industrial complex has always overplayed the russians capability to justify higher spending. Even as other parts of the establishment show their failures.
I guess however, if Musk’s satelites were an integral part of their operation they can’t replace, they failed. If anyone goes through a window, it should be whomever is in charge of making sure they had communications and instead took payoffs for overpriced projects that didn’t deliver, which is likely the case a thousand times over.
They should have the capability, and especially now this far into the war, there is no excuse, this is rank failure of Russia, an example of how fascism/one party states don’t work.
