Elon Musk said that he would never turn off the Starlink terminals for Ukraine, no matter how much he disagrees with Ukraine’s policy.
“To be extremely clear, no matter how much I disagree with the Ukraine policy, Starlink will never turn off its terminals,” he wrote on X.
Musk claims that without Starlink, Ukrainian lines would collapse, as the Russians can jam all other communications.
“We would never do such a thing or use it as a bargaining chip,” he stressed.
And the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States, Oksana Markarova, called cooperation with Elon Musk’s team “a true partnership.”
“From my first meeting with Starlink team even before the full scale invasion to many engagements during these 3 years, our cooperation was nothing but true partnership. THANK YOU,” she wrote on X.
As reported, Musk previously stated that the Starlink system is “the foundation of the Ukrainian army” and that “their entire front line would collapse if I turned it off.”
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski responded to Elon Musk’s statement about the possibility of turning off Starlink for the Ukrainian army, indicating that access for Ukrainian units is paid for by Poland.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that no one threatened to disconnect Ukraine from Starlink.