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You fell for fake news

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_in_the_Russo-Ukrainia...

> In 2022, Elon Musk denied a Ukrainian request to extend Starlink's coverage up to Russian-occupied Crimea during a counterattack on a Crimean port; providing service would have violated US sanctions.[13] Media reports erroneously characterized it as Musk "turning off" Starlink coverage in Crimea.[14][15]

It wasn't fake news, it was a direct quote from Musk's biographer Walter Isaacson:

> Throughout the evening and into the night, he personally took charge of the situation. Allowing the use of Starlink for the attack, he concluded, could be a disaster for the world. So he secretly told his engineers to turn off coverage within 100 kilometers of the Crimean coast. As a result, when the Ukrainian drone subs got near the Russian fleet in Sevastopol, they lost connectivity and washed ashore harmlessly.

He then said he was "mistaken".

Does Isaacson make stuff up like "secretly asking engineers to turn it off" or was he asked to change it?

https://www.businessinsider.com/walter-isaacson-biography-el...

Also, why didn't you include the next sentence from your Wikipedia link?

> In October 2026, Starlink restricted Ukrainian access by imposing a speed limit of 160 km/h, disrupting several combat missions and preventing its use to intercept jet-powered Russian drones, in an attempt to get Ukraine to stop long-range strikes on Russia’s oil industry.[18][19][20]

That's... really wild. I'm amazed at how the characterization is basically a lie. I go to Planet Fitness where there are 10 TVs with different channels in a row and sometimes all the networks have the exact same story in the exact same light within minutes with each other. It's almost creepy how lockstep they are.