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Russia has run into serious problems with its offensive in Donbas, where its forces have become bogged down.

One of the main reasons was that Russian logistics had been crippled by Ukrainian drone strikes. This campaign depended heavily on Starlink terminals operating on high-speed Ukrainian drones.

Russian military command identified this as a critical problem and approached the American side, asking it to restrict the speeds at which Starlink terminals could operate.

The argument was simple: there would be little public backlash because the US could still claim that Starlink was operational and that the service was still being provided.

The Trump administration agreed to the restrictions, effectively solving a critical battlefield problem for Russia.

As a result, russian logistics in Donbas are now safer, and Ukraine has lost an important advantage on the battlefield.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2112247411871732091
 
Sentry said:
Russian military command identified this as a critical problem and approached the American side, asking it to restrict the speeds at which Starlink terminals could operate.

The Trump administration agreed to the restrictions, effectively solving a critical battlefield problem for Russia.
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How does the person posting that know this?
 
DEFCON Warning System said:
How does the person posting that know this?
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The only part of theirs that is likely speculation is that Russian military command approached the American side. The other two facts, which are that:

a) Ukraine's medium-range strike capabilities that depend on Starlink & Starshield severely damaged Russian logistics
b) After the diesel deal with Putin & quite overt public pressure campaign on Ukraine & Zelensky, either Musk or Trump have for days now imposed crippling restrictions on terminal speeds with no answer given to Zelensky.

Personally, I don't like how it looks.
 
Sentry said:
The only part of theirs that is likely speculation is that Russian military command approached the American side.
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We have to be careful to separate fact from speculation.
Sentry said:
a) Ukraine's medium-range strike capabilities that depend on Starlink & Starshield severely damaged Russian logistics
b) After the diesel deal with Putin & quite overt public pressure campaign on Ukraine & Zelensky, either Musk or Trump have for days now imposed crippling restrictions on terminal speeds with no answer given to Zelensky.

Personally, I don't like how it looks.
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The US is saying they have nothing to do with that.

Musk has in the past expressed that he didn't want Starlink used for war, but then also made Starlink available to Ukraine once Russia invaded.

Could the US have intervened? Sure. Could Must have done that unilaterally? Sure. Could there be a third reason involved? Sure.
 
DEFCON Warning System said:
Could the US have intervened? Sure. Could Must have done that unilaterally? Sure. Could there be a third reason involved? Sure.
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With the nature of the shutdown, it is either the Pentagon or Musk. Nobody else is capable of the sort of disruption that happened, & you also have Ukraine directly accusing the U.S. government of this cutoff.
 

Musk Ordered Starlink Slowdown That Blindsided Ukraine​


Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink relied on by Ukraine, a decision that sparked panic in Kyiv and confusion inside the Trump administration, U.S. officials and people familiar with the matter said.
Musk and Trump discussed the Starlink decision in a call soon after the slowdown became public.
One of the people also claimed Musk and Trump discussed the matter prior to the decision to throttle Starlink.
During the uproar, SpaceX representatives called White House counterparts seeking a unified understanding and subsequent message that the company and Trump administration coordinated ahead of Musk’s directive.
Some U.S. officials say that Musk acted unilaterally and that Trump didn’t specifically order any retribution against Ukraine. But a person familiar with the situation said Musk talked to multiple senior administration officials, including with Trump, before imposing the new speed cap.

 
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