"During the meeting, Ukraine was told it faced imminent shutoff of the Starlink service if it did not reach a deal on critical minerals, said the source, who requested anonymity to discuss closed negotiations."
Astonishing betrayal of an ally.
https://www.reuters.com/business/us-could-cut-ukraines-access-starlink-internet-services-over-minerals-say-2025-02-22/
Astonishing betrayal of an ally.
https://www.reuters.com/business/us-could-cut-ukraines-access-starlink-internet-services-over-minerals-say-2025-02-22/
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Extortion, not quid pro quo
I’m going with 70 minutes on elliptical then forgetting to correct excuse. 😊
This is US foreign policy, business as usual. The only difference is that they're doing it out in the open to white people.
Read about the history of US' relationships with the global south and you'll see this is not shocking in the least.
🇪🇺,🇬🇧,🇳🇴,🇨🇦 need to protect Ukraine from both predators!
Turned?
Where have you been in the last 80 years?
The US has always been an unabashed predator.
Not going to lie, that truth hurt.
Trump & Musk are cancers.
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4382252-americas-obligation-to-ukraine-began-with-nukes-in-the-early-1990s/amp/
Why does Elon Musk make decisions about its use?
Why did we outsourced our national security to Elon Musk, a drug addict from South Africa?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/musk-government-contracts-spacex-tesla-b2702057.html
A perfect mob shakedown.
Reprehensible!
The betrayal lies with the American voters.
Whenever I said US gun rights are absolutely insane over at the hellsite, I got swamped with replies telling me "they're essential in case the government goes crazy". Even from Democrats.
I'm just here to say - your Government has gone crazy.
Trump will respond with brute force. We'll see what happens next
This we too can say to those who cast a vote for Donald Trump, an astonishing betrayal of America.
I wish St. Luigi and his adherents would 'fuck elon IN THE FACE' (as he is wont to say)!
The USA is a repulsive country. Look at them watching all of this and bending over for more.
What can Europe offer instead of Starlink? How can Ukraine shoot down Starlink satellite’s and blind Putin too?
https://global.espreso.tv/russia-ukraine-war-starlink-shutdown-on-ukraines-frontlines-expert-breaks-down-impact?amp
Russia is now our ally.
He's also an adjudicated rapist and felon.
And Budanov no doubt already has plans for dear Mr. Musk...
Zelensky is just the last in a decades long list of betrayed allies transitioning from "freedom fighter" to "bloodthirsty dictator".
trump and musk.
Musk again using his Starlink system to extort.
I hope someone blasts a bunch of those satellites out of the fucking sky. I’ve been hoping this since they started it, though, so I won’t hold my breath.
"So far, we've been lucky and no-one has been hurt but the more we put into the Earth's orbit, the more likely it is that our luck will run out,"
He has the ability to disrupt US defenses if he sees fit
Should've used a word more like heinous.
Democracies cannot, I repeat, CANNOT rely on it.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/47630#