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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Elon Musk Thwarted Ukrainian Attack on Russian Fleet With Starlink Refusal
Caption: Elon Musk Thwarted Ukrainian Attack on Russian Fleet With Starlink Refusal. An Elon Musk biography, written by historian Walter Isaacson, will soon be released, NBC News reports. Details within it confirm that the SpaceX CEO disengaged Starlink over Crimea last year so that Ukraine couldn't carry out a drone strike against Russia's navy, according to book excerpts obtained by CNN. The action was reportedly taken because Musk was worried that attacking the Black Sea fleet would escalate conflict and possibly lead to nuclear war. Mykhailo Podolyak, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's adviser, took to X to condemn Musk's order. "By not allowing Ukrainian drones to destroy part of the Russian military (!) fleet via #Starlink interference, @elonmusk allowed this fleet to fire Kalibr missiles at Ukrainian cities." "As a result, civilians, children are being killed. This is the price of a cocktail of ignorance and big ego." Mykhailo Podolyak, President Volodymyr Zelensky's adviser, via X. Musk also responded, denying that he turned off Starlink but admitting that he didn't enable the attack. "The Starlink regions in question were not activated. SpaceX did not deactivate anything." "There was an emergency request from government authorities to activate Starlink all the way to Sevastopol. The obvious intent being to sink most of the Russian fleet at anchor." "If I had agreed to their request, then SpaceX would be explicitly complicit in a major act of war and conflict escalation." Elon Musk, via X. In Isaacson's book, Musk says that "Starlink was not meant to be involved in wars." "It was so people can watch Netflix and chill and get online for school and do good peaceful things, not drone strikes." Elon Musk, via biography excerpt. THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
Keywords: Elon Musk,NBC News,Ukranian,Attack,Russia,Starlink,Refusal,Biography,Writter,Historia,Walter Isaacson,Cultural,Navy,Book,CNN,SpaceX
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