2023-09-10 17:01 Compiled by Lianhe Daily Compiled by Gao Yixuan/Real-time reporting
SpaceX CEO Musk was previously revealed to have refused to open “Starlink” communications along the coast of Crimea to hinder Ukraine’s sneak attack on Russia. Budanov, director of the General Intelligence Bureau of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, revealed on the 9th that the Ukrainian military on all fronts are using the Starlink system, and in the Crimea region annexed by Russia, it is indeed sometimes impossible to use Starlink.
According to the US CNN report, Budanov spoke at the annual “Yalta European Strategy” conference organized by the Uzbek public welfare group “Victor Pinchuk Foundation”. He affirmed Starlink’s contribution to the war situation during the meeting, saying that Starlink continues to play an important role in communication transmission.
But Budanov also confirmed that the Starlink system was indeed unavailable during a specific period around the Crimean Peninsula. “We immediately understood that there was no (Starlink communication) coverage there.” But beyond that, Budanov said little.
According to the Starlink website, the Starlink system is committed to providing broadband network services to users around the world through a cluster of large artificial satellites in low earth orbit.
Excerpts from American writer Walter Isaacson’s biography focusing on Musk were recently released. The content alleges that Musk secretly ordered engineers to shut down his Starlink network along the coast of Russia-occupied Crimea last year to prevent the Ukrainian army from sneaking into the Russian Navy. fleet, causing the Ukrainian army’s unmanned boats to look like headless flies.
Musk responded that the Starlink service had not been launched in Crimea. At that time, the Ukrainian government urgently asked him to launch the service, with the obvious purpose of attacking Russian ships; if he agreed, it would be tantamount to deliberately colluding with SpaceX. war and escalate conflicts.
Budanov, director of the Intelligence Bureau of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said that all front-line Ukrainian troops are using SpaceX’s “Starlink” system… Ukraine Russia Russia-Ukraine War SpaceX Crimea Musk
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2023-09-10 09:01:07
