Comment on GOP warning of 'national security threat' is about Russia wanting nuclear weapon in space: Sources

• Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Russia proper is geofenced and cannot use Starlink at all

  Russian citizens and individual members of militias/armed forces are buying terminals (via smugglers) and using them within Ukraine

  Short of blocking the Russia side of the front line as it changes daily, they can play whack-a-mole with terminals used by Russian/aligned forces

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• givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  reuters.com/…/ukraines-military-intelligence-says…

  Ukraine says they are, musk says they’re not

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  • Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You said “musk is letting Russia use starlink”

    That’s a very specific claim but nothing in the article you linked indicates that this has anything to do with “Musk letting them do so” nor does it say that he denies the claims of them using it either. It only says that they don’t sell them to Russia and to our current knowledge this is true. Starlink doesn’t work in Russia or the occupied territories. It does work near the front lines though because Ukrainians are using them aswell.

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    • givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well, you can believe the Ukrainian government, or Elon Musk.

      Pretty easy choice for most people.

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      • Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Maybe you should just read the article you linked and stop making up stuff. You can hate Musk as much as you like but that doesn’t justify spreading lies.

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