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Throttling of Elon Musk’s military-grade satellite system affecting whole frontline, says Ukraine’s president

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused SpaceX of not telling the truth over restrictions to Ukraine’s Starshield satellite system, saying the decision to impose speed limits appears to be “political” rather than “technical”.

Speaking on Friday, Ukraine’s president said the restrictions affecting Ukrainian drones had been in place for five days. They could no longer fly at speeds of more than 161km/h (100mph), he said, with connections at higher speeds lost.

As a result, incoming jet-powered Russian Shahed drones could no longer be intercepted. Ukraine’s own mid-range strikes against military targets in Russian-occupied territory were also severely affected, he said.

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[-] Waterpumpee@lemmus.org 20 points 5 hours ago

What is NATO worth at this point? With US threaten to attack members (Greenland, Canada). Also all members would have to agree. Honestly, the word of US has zero value anymore.

[-] Dicska@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

The goal of Russia has always been to disrupt the EU and NATO.

At this point (with Trump in their grasp) they can either be fine with it, or they can watch as it falls apart for that exact reason. Sounds a bit like catch 22 to me, and I really hope there's a good way to solve this. Perhaps something like 'Copy of NATO (1).jpg' , without the US in it. I reserve the rights to be called an idiot because I don't know shit about NATO.

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 1 points 58 minutes ago

What has always been the goal of NATO?

[-] potatomuncher@lemmy.ca 2 points 39 minutes ago

To stop the Soviets from threatening any more territory than they had already swallowed up.

Now they just exist because the alternative feels like jumping naked into a battle against a drone swarm. Rest of the Western countries aren't interested in becoming vulnerable by letting alliances fall apart entirely.

[-] MBech@feddit.dk 9 points 4 hours ago

I wouldn't support my country (Denmark) defending USA if they were attacked tomorrow, that's for sure.

[-] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 hours ago

I live in Canada, the idea of us rushing to help the US right now, lol

[-] raman_klogius@ani.social 8 points 3 hours ago

Why would Russia attack the US militarily when it has already captured the White House?

[-] MBech@feddit.dk 3 points 2 hours ago

I suppose it wouldn't have to be Russia. USA has spent a looooong time, pissing off a lot of countries and militant groups around the world.

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