Musk posted: My Starlink system is the backbone of the Ukrainian army. Their entire front line would collapse if I turned it off. 5/
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Ukraine relies on 50,000 Starlink terminals, Poland bought 25,000
Ukraine runs on Starlink. By April 2025, it used over 50,000 terminals. Poland bought 25,000 of them. Kyiv used Starlink for drones, encrypted comms, and state cloud access. 6/
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SpaceX President: We blocked Ukraine from using Starlink for drone strikes
In 2023, Gwynne Shotwell [SpaceX president] said they blocked Ukraine from using Starlink for drone strikes: There are things we can do, and have done. She gave no details. 4/
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Musk feared Ukrainian gains, acted after Putin’s nuclear threat
Musk acted days after Putin threatened nuclear retaliation in September 21. He feared Ukrainian gains would trigger escalation. He spoke with U.S. officials. Then gave the order. 3/
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Blackout stalled Ukrainian encirclement at Beryslav in 2022
The blackout hit Kherson and parts of Donetsk around September 30, 2022. Ukrainian troops lost contact, lost drone feeds, and failed to encircle Russians at Beryslav. A frontline officer: The encirclement stalled entirely. It failed. 2/
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Elon Musk’s Starlink blackout hindered Ukraine’s Kherson offensive
Elon Musk ordered a blackout of Starlink coverage during Ukraine’s counteroffensive in Kherson in Sept. 2022. SpaceX engineer Michael Nicolls: We have to do this. 100+ terminals went dark. Drones died. Comms failed. Ukraine failed to encircle Russians at Beryslav, Reuters. 1/
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EU considers accelerating Russian gas phaseout by one year
EU considering proposals to speed Russian gas phaseout by 1 year, Reuters reports. EU states will not likely agree to push the ban up a year, but officials could use the demand as leverage in the upcoming negotiations, European diplomats told Reuters.
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Russia’s drone war to change entirely in 2025
Russia’s drone war Ukraine’s allies thought they understood is about to change entirely — and Europe is not ready for what breaks loose in 2025.
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Zelenskyy: Russia’s symbolic success would be entering Dnipropetrovsk region
Zelenskyy: For Russia, a symbolic success would be entering the territory of the Dnipropetrovsk region. Because then they can turn this into an informational victory. 10X
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Zelenskyy: Sumy situation better; Russia’s priorities: Sumy, Pokrovsk, Dnipropetrovsk.
Zelenskyy: The situation in the Sumy direction is much better for Ukraine than it was before. Russia’s priorities on the front: Sumy, the Pokrovsk direction, and the Dnipropetrovsk region. 9/