Musk: Ukrainian forces violated Starlink terms of use, glitch fixed last week

SpaceX founder Elon Musk claims that Ukraine's military violated Starlink's terms of service and used the system to guide drone strikes aimed at killing people. According to him, the glitch was fixed last week. Musk wrote about this on social media.

According to Musk, Starlink is a commercial civilian service, and its use for drone strikes aimed at killing people has never been and should never be permitted.

Regarding Starshield, Musk says it is a different system, controlled by the US government, and decisions on its use depend on them.

Musk writes: "Starlink remains critically important for Ukraine's defense, because at this stage it is the only system that cannot be jammed or destroyed. At least, so far it is. If Starlink were disconnected, Ukraine's front line would collapse immediately. This is not a threat - it is simply a statement of fact."

He says Starlink also played a decisive role in ensuring that Russia failed to conquer Ukraine in the early stage of the war, because Russia destroyed or jammed all other means of communication.

Musk also writes: "SpaceX has done incomparably more to defend Ukraine than any other private company on Earth. At the same time, I feel nothing but extreme contempt for the evil, pro-war people who are busy 'demonstrating nobility', support endless slaughter and offer no realistic path to resolving the conflict. Go to hell! That's all."