Satellite internet functionality via Starshield — the military version of the SpaceX service — was being at least partially restored Thursday morning, according to a source in the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
Ukraine has resumed strikes on Russian oil refineries after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy angrily accused the United States of betraying Kyiv with a “dangerous” withdrawal of support critical to its defense against Russia.
Ukraine held off on attacks for three days after Donald Trump’s unilateral “energy ceasefire” announcement, but accused Russia of repeatedly attacking its power grid. Zelenskyy voiced mounting frustration over the Kremlin’s failure to abide by the truce, and what he sees as U.S. attempts to pressure Kyiv after gaps in intelligence sharing on Russian attacks and restrictions on the Starlink internet service.
Satellite internet functionality via Starshield — the military version of the SpaceX service — was being at least partially restored Thursday, according to a source in the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the topic.
In an interview with the Financial Times, published Thursday, Zelenskyy indicated his patience had already been exhausted.
Remember when conservatives hated Russia until their programming was changed?
No values beyond bigotry. No consistency beyond stupidity.
Remember when a certain Fox News contributor who goes on TV saying we should be at war with Iran to prevent them from having missiles was charged with illegally selling missiles to Iran in trade for keeping Americans hostage until after the 1980 election?
Technically he did the treason first, and then got hired by Fox to justify his treason.
It was like a fucking light switch.
Because Russia is no longer a communist country despised by conservatives, but a country larping as conservative that pay lip service to American conservatives to destabilise the West.
Conservatism is and always has been an attempt to return to a form of feudalism, with the rich being the new nobility and everyone else being powerless to resist. In that regard, Russia with its oligarchs is about as conservative as it comes.
Beware of the media you consume, it exists to shape you. Including this comment.
I guess Ukraine figured out how to cheese SpaceX’s shitty grok customer service AI bot.
Lemmy called it the moment Trump falsely claimed there was an energy infrastructure cease fire.
(If other communities foresaw it I may just not be aware - I don’t mean to say others didn’t see the obvious, too)
I hope putin stops this violence and suffering. If not I hope Ukraine and trusted allies can get drones and whatever they need to eliminate key equipment and creative tactics they come up with to push putin out. I want all casualties to stop in this and everywhere. The violence comes from egoic pride, revenge, dualism, supernatural excuses and other unhealthy indoctrinated ways that can be stopped, and are chosen as adults. Stop letting ego and the pain body of revenge cause all this suffering as Tolle teaches. Be excellent to each other!
resumes strikes
Did they actually stop? Trump made some noise about a pause, but I haven’t seen any evidence of a break in the fighting.
Zelenskyy voiced mounting frustration over the Kremlin’s failure to abide by the truce
What truce? Nobody in Ukraine or Russia negotiated a truce. Russian diplomats simply told Trump that they couldn’t ship gas until Ukraine backed down. And then Trump threw a hissy fit at his Ukrainian counterparts, because that’s how Trump engages with an “ally” diplomatically.
Satellite internet functionality via Starshield — the military version of the SpaceX service — was being at least partially restored Thursday, according to a source in the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the topic.
It still boggles my mind that anyone in Ukraine can consider StarLink a reliable partner in this conflict. I have to wonder how many dead Ukrainians are attributable to sudden and unannounced suspensions of service by Elon Musk’s premier global telecom.
Sadly the Ukrainians have no choice. They don’t have any other similar service they can rely on, unless they or the EU build something similar.
I am also surprised by that wording. I assume Zelenskyy sinply employs the same “technique” as Trump: just matter-of-factly state something to fit the narrative for your goals and blame everyone else for being incompetent dumbfucks or liars.
In the end it’s all a bit “he said she said” anyway.
Can someone tell me why the right wing and the “independents”/reactionary centrists keep claiming that ties between donnie and Russia are a “hoax”?
Most of the “liberal media” now seems to have that stance, pretending that butthurt rightwing claims of how mean the “liberal media” was to donnie back in 2016 over his Russian ties is a legit grievance of how the media went overboard, or “fell for” something, etc.?
Because they’re idiots.
Because they’re bought and paid for
Mostly because the Steele dossier was debunked if I recall correctly. His financial ties to a bunch of Russian oligarchs is definitely real though
Debunked?
I can only see a future where Ukraine weens off of American support and finds alternatives elsewhere in nations that not only are on significantly friendlier terms, but more reliable ones as well. It’ll come to no surprise to me if other nations that buy from our contractors start to do less of that as well.
