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  • Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia (Another Wrap-Up Smear)

    07/25/2025 10:20:34 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 26 replies
    Reuters ^ | July 25, 20256:00 AM CDT | Joey Roulette, Cassell Bryan-Low and Tom Balmforth
    A previously unreported order by Elon Musk to cut satellite communications over a portion of Ukraine disrupted a counteroffensive by Kyiv in the autumn of 2022. Reuters investigated the billionaire's order and its implications for countries increasingly reliant on his Starlink internet service. KYIV - During a pivotal push by Ukraine to retake territory from Russia in late September 2022, Elon Musk gave an order that disrupted the counteroffensive and dented Kyiv’s trust in Starlink, the satellite internet service the billionaire provided early in the war to help Ukraine’s military maintain battlefield connectivity. According to three people familiar with the...