In unprecedented exchanges on the social media platform X, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, DOGE head (and X proprietor) Elon Musk closely chastised warmongering Polish Minister Radosław Sikorski over the difficulty of Ukraine utilization of Musk’s Starlink terminals.
Rubio reached the purpose of asking the Minister to ‘say thanks’ as a result of Starlink terminals stored Russian forces away from the Polish border.
Earlier than we begin with ‘who mentioned what,’ let’s bear in mind who Radosław Sikorski is. Have a look at what he posted (and deleted) when he felt that the US underneath Biden had exploded the Nordstream pipeline:
So, Sikorski mentioned ‘thanks’ – to Biden for destroying the pipeline!
It began as a faux controversy that mentioned – falsely – that Musk would lower the utilization of the closely backed Starlink terminals in Ukraine.
This led to folks calling him a ‘Putin puppet’ and the like, so he responded by saying that Ukraine’s entrance line would collapse with out Starlink – a reality.
So, Sikorski jumped into the fray, and mentioned “Starlinks for Ukraine are paid for by the Polish Digitization Ministry at the price of about $50 million per yr. The ethics of threatening the sufferer of aggression aside, if SpaceX proves to be an unreliable supplier we can be compelled to search for different suppliers.”
Starlinks for Ukraine are paid for by the Polish Digitization Ministry at the price of about $50 million per yr.
The ethics of threatening the sufferer of aggression aside, if SpaceX proves to be an unreliable supplier we can be compelled to search for different suppliers. https://t.co/WaJWCklgPE— Radosław Sikorski (@sikorskiradek) March 9, 2025
So, Secretary Rubio inserted himself within the dialog and blasted the Polish official by saying “No-one has made any threats about chopping Ukraine off from Starlink. And say thanks as a result of with out Starlink Ukraine would have misplaced this battle way back and Russians could be on the border with Poland proper now.” Musk responded with “Completely appropriate.”
Simply making issues up.
Nobody has made any threats about chopping Ukraine off from StarlinkAnd say thanks as a result of
with out Starlink Ukraine would have misplaced this battle way back and Russians could be on the border with Poland proper now https://t.co/ImeiHFgaaw— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) March 9, 2025
However Musk was going to go away his mark on this faux controversy: first, he posted factual details about the service he supplies.
“My Starlink system is the spine of the Ukrainian military. Their complete entrance line would collapse if I turned it off. What I’m sickened by is years of slaughter in a stalemate that Ukraine will inevitably lose.”
I actually challenged Putin to 1 on one bodily fight over Ukraine and my Starlink system is the spine of the Ukrainian military. Their complete entrance line would collapse if I turned it off.
What I’m sickened by is years of slaughter in a stalemate that Ukraine will…
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 9, 2025
However, after that, Musk went for blood and posted a direct – and unprecedented – response to Sikorski: “Be quiet, small man. You pay a tiny fraction of the associated fee. And there’s no substitute for Starlink.”
Be quiet, small man.
You pay a tiny fraction of the associated fee.
And there’s no substitute for Starlink.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 9, 2025
However to as soon as once more deal with the faux controversy, Musk posted an unambiguous assertion:
“To be extraordinarily clear, regardless of how a lot I disagree with the Ukraine coverage, Starlink won’t ever flip off its terminals. I’m merely stating that, with out Starlink, the Ukrainian strains would collapse, because the Russians can jam all different communications! We might by no means do such a factor or use it as a bargaining chip.”
Precisely!
To be extraordinarily clear, regardless of how a lot I disagree with the Ukraine coverage, Starlink won’t ever flip off its terminals.
I’m merely stating that, with out Starlink, the Ukrainian strains would collapse, because the Russians can jam all different communications!
We might by no means…
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 9, 2025
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