The U.S. first raised the prospect of shutting off Starlink service after Zelensky rejected the deal presented on Feb. 12. Starlink terminals are critical in securing Ukraine's battlefield communications.

The United States has threatened to cut off Ukraine’s access to Starlink satellite internet terminals if Kyiv does not reach a deal with the U.S. regarding critical mineral resources, Reuters reported on Feb. 21, citing three sources familiar with the negotiations.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250222160934/https://kyivindependent.com/us-threatens-to-shut-off-starlink-if-ukraine-wont-sign-minerals-deal-sources-tell-reuters/

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  • towerful
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    8 hours ago

    Kinda shows how revolutionary starlink actually is, tho.
    I mean, a country with minimal military spending (or, one that doesn’t have their own encrypted satellite network) can get a commodity device that gives modern connection speeds with very modest latency.

    Starlink has many drawbacks, is a horrendous impact to the environment, is owned by a fascist/nazi dickhead.
    But the empowerment it obviously gives to an underpowered military is phenomenal.
    Ukraine has been awesome in their iteration and implementation of novel strategies and new technologies that few other counties could do.
    It’s just a shame that one of the useful techs is being used as extortion by fascists.
    It’s like enshitification, but on a country level scale.

    Edit:
    Compared to the Gaza situation where AI is being embraced to kill civilians faster