“Starlink was not meant to be involved in wars,” the billionaire said in the biography.
Billionaire Elon Musk prevented Ukraine from carrying out a drone strike against Russian warships by ordering the Starlink internet system it owns to be shut down at a critical moment. So it is claimed by Walter Isaacson in Musk’s biography to be published on Tuesday, from which the news channel CNN has published excerpts.
According to the book, Ukraine sent underwater drones last year to target Russian warships off the coast of Crimea. As the armed drones approached their targets, they lost communication and eventually washed ashore.
According to the biography, Musk ended up crashing the Starlink satellite system because he feared that the Russian president Vladimir Putin would retaliate with nuclear weapons against Ukraine’s attack on Russian-occupied Crimea. Musk is reported to have said that Ukraine is “going too far” in threatening “strategic defeat” against the Kremlin.
Musk offered Ukraine the services of the Starlink system, which enables internet connection, when Russia started its war of aggression against Ukraine. He reportedly changed his mind when Ukraine successfully repelled the Russian attack and decided to launch a counterattack.
– How am I involved in this war, Musk is said to have thought according to the book.
– Starlink was not meant to be involved in wars. It was created so people can watch Netflix, relax and go to school online, and do good, peaceful things online, not drone strikes.
Among other things, Musk has previously suggested that referendums should be held in the Ukrainian regions illegally occupied by Russia, so that the residents of the regions could decide whether they belong to Russia or Ukraine.
Musk, the founder of electric car company Tesla and SpaceX, also owns Twitter, which recently changed its name to X.
Published by the European Commission last week in the study it was noted that Twitter, owned by Musk, has played a significant role in spreading Russian propaganda about the war in Ukraine.