Sikorski couldn't stand it. He accosted Musk after receiving information about Starlinks

“Hey Elon Musk, big man, are you playing politics again with your products?” - wrote Radosław Sikorski in a post on the X platform. "As your European customers, we are watching you," he added. So far, Musk has not reacted to this post.

Today, Kiev reported that SpaceX has introduced restrictions on some services, disrupting combat drone missions. Starlink terminals, owned by billionaire Elon Musk's company, SpaceX, are very important for maintaining constant communication of the Ukrainian military and conducting effective attacks on Russian positions.

"Silence, little man"

The term "big man" referred to a social media dispute between Sikorski, Musk and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio last year. The head of Tesla and SpaceX then wrote to Sikorski: "Silence, little man."

The clash broke out when Musk stated that "the entire Ukrainian front would collapse if I turned off Starlink." Sikorski responded to the billionaire by publishing an entry in which he stated: "Starlinks for Ukraine are financed by the Polish Ministry of Digitization at a cost of approximately $50 million per year. Apart from the ethics of threatening the victim of aggression, if SpaceX turns out to be an unreliable supplier, we will be forced to look for other suppliers."

Then the US Secretary of State joined the dispute. "Don't make things up. Nobody threatened to cut off Ukraine from Starlink. And say thank you, because without Starlink, Ukraine would have lost this war a long time ago, and the Russians would now be on the border with Poland," wrote Marco Rubio to Sikorski.

A moment later, Elon Musk himself reacted to Radosław Sikorski's entry, publishing the following statement: "Silence, little man. You pay a small part of the costs. And there is no replacement for Starlink."

Ultimately, Musk stated that "no matter how much I disagree with Ukraine's policies, Starlink will never shut down its terminals... We would never use something like this or use it as a bargaining chip."

“Our forces received no warning of such a restriction.”

Today, the Ukrainian side reported that the operation of Starlink satellite Internet terminals was limited that night. Advisor to President Volodymyr Zelensky, Serhiy Beskrestnov, said that the restrictions apply to the military package of Starlink system services - StarShield.

"Our defense forces did not receive warning about such a restriction, which led to the failure of many missions," Beskrestnov admitted on Telegram. According to him, this situation "cannot be a coincidence" and is related to the "current political situation."

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