“They are like blind kittens,” a Ukrainian General Staff commander tells POLITICO.

Two days after Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched Starlink verification and blocked unverified terminals in Ukraine, the pace of Russia’s offensive appears to be slowing, a Ukrainian military official told POLITICO.

“Currently, such a trend is indeed observed. But it will be necessary to monitor further whether it will continue, whether there will be other factors,” said the official, granted anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.

“However, at some places, Ukrainian military Starlinks which have not been registered yet have also been disconnected. But the registration process is ongoing,” the official added.

  • MutantTailThing@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    I am entirely convinced that if every billionaire motherfucker drops dead this very second there will be peace on earth tomorrow.

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    To those coming in to this post to say “Wow, a billionaire shouldn’t be able to impact the outcome of geopolitical conflicts with the touch of a button!”

    All I can say is…

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    His assets should be frozen and he should be charged for war crimes and space x and starlink should be immediately turned over to nasa and space force

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    I think it’s because Ukrainians are killing more russians a month than they can recruit. This is the first war where the number of deaths is higher than wounded on the russian side.

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    On Friday, Russian military bloggers, who in the past have praised Musk for his anti-Ukrainian rhetoric, complained about the mass failure of terminals for the Starlink satellite service that began on the evening on Feb. 4 on the frontline in Ukraine.

    Seig Hieling Elon Musk was loved by the Russian military bloggers. Only just until five days ago - on 2026-02-04 - did the oligarch and Epstein island fan flip the switch.

    There is something very wrong with this picture and I hope he’s remembered for how long he took to do so.

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    So a billionaire’s decision to help an invading country resulted in thousands of casualties

    Ban the rich, wealth caps now! Nobody should have a networth over millions, nobody should be allowed to hoard so much wealth for just themselves to use in evil ways

    Anything over a million goes to tax