New biography of tycoon says his SpaceX firm denied Ukraine access to Starlink internet service in Crimea to avoid ‘conflict escalation’
Ukrainian officials dismiss such fears of “escalation”, pointing out that Russia’s war has already killed and injured hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions, and noting that Moscow will simply invent a pretext for any military action it wants to take – as it did to justify its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, when it made unfounded claims to be under threat of attack from Nato states working in cahoots with a supposed “Nazi regime” in Kyiv.
“As a result, civilians, children are being killed. This is the price of a cocktail of ignorance and big ego. However, the question still remains: why do some people so desperately want to defend war criminals and their desire to commit murder? And do they now realise that they are committing evil and encouraging evil?” he added.
Ukraine has leant heavily on Mr Musk’s Starlink satellite communications network to maintain internet access for civilians in frontline areas and military units on the battlefield since Russia launched its all-out invasion 18 months ago. It has been a vital but sometimes prickly relationship, and Ukrainian officials talk about the need to manage relations carefully with the capricious tycoon, who has at times been accused of echoing Kremlin talking points and conspiracy theories and of doing too little to remove Russian propaganda from his social media site X, formerly Twitter.
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