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Der Tagesspiegel writes:
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According to a report in the Financial Times, there has recently been an increase in failures of the "Starlink" satellites of the SpaceX company in Ukraine. These satellites have been providing Internet access in Ukraine for many months and also support Ukrainian troops in war planning.

According to an officer of the Ukrainian troops, the failures have already resulted in "catastrophic" communication losses. Experts announce devastating consequences in case of further restriction.
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Military officials in Ukraine fear a secret agreement between SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Musk already caused a stir earlier this week when he launched polls on Twitter about possible "peace plans" for Ukraine. The proposals showed strong similarities to the Kremlin's demands.

The Ukrainian side expressed indignation at the tweets and also responded via the short message service. "The only result is that no Ukrainian will ever buy your ****ing Tesla crap," outgoing Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andrey Melnyk wrote, "**** off is my diplomatic response to you."

Ukrainian President Volodomyr Selenskyj also responded with a sarcastic tweet in Elon Musk's direction.

The weekly newspaper "The Economist" now suspects that Vladimir Putin may persuade Musk to completely withdraw access to "Starlink" for Ukraine. He has already denied a request for access from the annexed Crimean peninsula, according to Ukrainian sources.

Outages often occur during counter-offensives

What is striking about the outages in Ukraine is that they usually occurred at the same time as conquests by Ukrainian troops, thus weakening counteroffensives. The failures were reported from Kherson, Zaporizhzhya, Kharkiv, and Donetsk and Luhansk. Ukraine recently made strong advances in these same regions.

Several Ukrainian soldiers confirmed the sudden satellite outage during ongoing fighting. Western military officials also confirmed outages but would not elaborate on their claims.

The coordinator of an organization that had donated "Starlink" satellites to Ukraine indicated that SpaceX was simply trying to prevent possible misuse. "For me it is absolutely clear that this is done by representatives of Starlink to prevent the use of their technology by the Russian occupation forces," he told the Financial Times.
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If its true that Musk collaborates with the Kremlin, he must, by any means, be taken care of. Such action to drive a dagger into the Ukrainians' back cannot be tolerated, at no cost.