Poland and US Clash on X over Ukraine’s Access to Starlink
An antenna of the Starlink satellite-based broadband system donated by Elon Musk in Izyum, Kharkiv region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Photographer: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty ImagesA public spat between Poland’s foreign minister and Elon Musk over Ukraine’s use of the billionaire’s Starlink satellite-internet system escalated on Sunday when US Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined the fray.
Radoslaw Sikorski suggested Poland, which covers Ukraine’s Starlink costs, might seek other suppliers if Musk were to turn off the services for the war-torn nation. He was responding to comments made by Musk on X that Ukraine’s “entire front line would collapse” if the network was switched off.