The Russian Foreign Ministry threatens to attack Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites, which are inter alia used in providing internet access for Ukrainian troops on the front of the Russo-Ukrainian war, UNIAN reported on Thursday.
“The quasi-civilian infrastructure may be a legitimate target to strike back,” said Konstantin Vorontsov, the director of the ministry’s Arms Control and Nonproliferation Department.
About a fortnight ago, Musk warned that “Russia is actively trying to kill Starlink.”
Big difference between peace comms vs warfront comms.
Starlink is only comms system still working at warfront – others all dead.
Russia is actively trying to kill Starlink. To safeguard, SpaceX has diverted massive resources towards defense.
Even so, Starlink may still die.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 15, 2022
About three weeks ago, in a scandalous tweet that raised rage in Ukraine and among friends of Ukraine, the billionaire suggested how he thought peace between Russia and Ukraine could be achieved. He promoted, to a significant extent, voluntarily or not, Putin’s narrative on the matter. Obviously, it has not helped, and now his Starlink satellites are declared a “legitimate target” for the Kremlin.
Photo: UNIAN
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