“When Elon Musk flipped the off switch on Russian forces’ Starlink internet connections in February, Ukraine’s military went on the offensive,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Russian commanders had lost access to live video of the battlefield and communications with troops. Ukrainian soldiers moved in on Russian positions with little threat from drones—normally an omnipresent danger.”
“Now, Ukrainian forces have notched their biggest domestic territorial gains in more than two years, dashing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to gain leverage in U.S.-mediated talks.”
“Ukrainian advances following Russia’s loss of Starlink—the satellite internet service of Musk’s SpaceX—underscore how vital the commercial satellite internet system has become in modern warfare—and the control that Musk himself is able to exercise over the conflict.”
