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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07...s/starlink.html(გუგლ თრანსლეითით შევდივარ, სხვანაირად არ მიშვებს, ფულს ითხოვს)
Ukraine's battlefield decisions depended on the continued use of Starlink for communications, General Zaluzhnyi said, and his country wanted to ensure access and discuss how to cover the cost of the service.
General Zaluzhnyi also asked if the United States had an assessment of Mr. Musk, who has sprawling business interests and murky politics — to which American officials gave no answer.
“Without Starlink, we cannot fly, we cannot communicate,” said one Ukrainian deputy commander who goes by the nickname Zub, or Tooth, and who spoke on the condition of anonymity for security reasons.
“The huge number of lives that Starlink has helped save can be measured in the thousands,” Mr. Fedorov said.
In September, at a private event on world and business affairs in Aspen, Colo., which was attended by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and others, Mr. Musk proposed a peace plan for Ukraine that included Russia annexing Ukrainian land.
Around this time, questions arose about who would pay for Starlink's service in Ukraine.
That same month, SpaceX told the US Defense Department that it could not continue the arrangement and asked the Pentagon to take over funding.
The company estimated the cost at nearly $400 million over 12 months, according to a SpaceX letter reported by CNN , which was verified by The New York Times.
The Biden administration directed a top Pentagon official, Colin H. Kahl, to mediate.
On Oct. 7, Mr. Kahl called Mr. Musk, who expressed fears that Ukraine would use Starlink to not just defend itself, but also conduct offensive operations to regain territory seized by Russia, which could cause significant Russian military casualties, a former administration official said.
Mr. Kahl told Mr. Musk more people in Ukraine would suffer if Starlink was shut down.
Mr. Musk nonetheless turned off access for some Starlink terminals in Ukraine.
Late last year, about 1,300 Starlink terminals purchased through a British supplier stopped working in the country after the Ukrainian government could not pay the $2,500 monthly fee for each, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
Starlink access also fluctuated depending on the movements of the war as Russia won territory and Ukraine fought to take it back.
As the battle lines shifted, Mr. Musk used a process called geofencing to restrict where Starlink was available on the front lines.When Ukrainian troops tried retaking cities like Kherson in Russian-controlled areas in the fall, they needed internet access to communicate.
Mr. Fedorov and members of the armed forces messaged Mr. Musk and SpaceX employees requests to restore service in areas where the army was advancing.
Mr. Fedorov said SpaceX responded “very promptly.”
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Mr. Musk later said that Starlink could not be used for long-range drone strikes.
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Other US officials have weighed in. In June, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved a Pentagon deal to buy 400 to 500 new Starlink terminals and services.
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The deal gives the Pentagon control of setting where Starlink's internet signal works inside Ukraine for those new devices to carry out “key capabilities and certain missions,” two people familiar with the deal said.მაგრამ ხზ ეგ 400-500 ცალი სად და როგორ გამოიყენება.
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