Restrictions on the operation of Starlink satellite Internet near the temporarily occupied Crimea were associated with sanctions against Russia.
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Due to Russian sanctions, the American company did not have special permission from the United States government to connect Crimea to Starlink. However, if the US President gives the green light, then the green light to connect Starlink on the peninsula, then SpaceX would do it. Elon Musk stated this at the All-In Summit technology conference in Los Angeles, broadcast on YouTube.
When this happened, the Crimea region was disconnected. And the reason for this was US sanctions against Russia, the billionaire assured.
Recall that CCN reported that a new biography of Elon Musk, written by Walter Isaacson, claims that the billionaire ordered the shutdown of Starlink near occupied Crimea in 2022 to thwart a Ukrainian attack on the Russian Navy. It seems that he was afraid that Russia would respond to the attack with a nuclear strike.
However, Musk later said that he did not order the Starlink network off the Crimean coast to be turned off because it had not worked there before.
US Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren called for an investigation into Elon Musk’s actions in Ukraine.
Source: Racurs
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