This is the US saying: ‘Pay us or we’ll help your enemies to kill you and your kids.’ Not sure how any decent country can be allies with people like this.
Reposted from Abe Newman
1/US demands Ukrainian minerals or face cutoff from Starlink. It is the most venal form of economic coercion. And it will only accelerate the backlash to US tech platforms. Now Starlink = AWS = Facebook for friends and foes alike.

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