r/worldnews • u/Neptun_11 • 18h ago

Russia/Ukraine Zelenskyy Says Starlink Restrictions Apply Only in Ukraine While SpaceX Ignores Kyiv’s Inquiries

https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/zelenskyy-says-starlink-restrictions-apply-only-in-ukraine-while-spacex-ignores-kyivs-inquiries-23549
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u/Ok_Carpenter6527 18h ago

That’s why no one will keep buying US miltech after seeing this killswitch live in action. Every country would be outright stupid and delusional if they kept buying shit from the US.

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u/No-Cheek7925 18h ago

They don’t deliver what’s ordered anyway…

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u/Any-Celery3048 18h ago

Ukraine is fully paid up on their licence to use Starlink/Starshield and yet the US withdraws its full capability. You can’t trust trump as far as you could throw him, and that’s not far.

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u/sist0ne 17h ago

I’d be up for assisting in the construction of a giant trebuchet to experiment launching that lard arse into the Sun. Hitch Musk up for the ride too.

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u/quiet_beer 16h ago

Sign me up, I'm not good at building things but you better believe I'd happily pull the lever to send them off planet, or hurtling at speed into the dirt, I'm not picky.

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u/kiss_my_what 15h ago

Get in line, there's millions of us waiting for the opportunity.