Polish Colonel Piotr Lewandowski said that Ukraine has become dependent on American billionaire Elon Musk due to the Starlink satellite systems deployed by his company SpaceX. In our conversation with a Polish publication Onet He commented on the information that a businessman ordered Starlink to be shut down to prevent drone attacks on Russian ships.
Some say Poland should learn how to fight from the Ukrainian army, but with all due respect, a Polish colonel said “this is nonsense.”
According to him, the Polish army needs to learn by observing the Ukrainian-Russian conflict as a whole.
“This is where the dependence on a commercial company for communication at all levels, from strategic to tactical, ends. “Because Musk acted on a whim,” says Lewandowski, emphasizing that such addiction cannot have the potential for war in the 21st century.
In his opinion, the country’s armed forces cannot still become dependent on a private international company run by a single person and having its own policies. He also stated that it was not the fault of the Ukrainians because they had no choice.
Previously Elon Musk declarationIt prevented Ukraine from launching an attack on Crimea because the terms of service of the Starlink satellite system prohibited its use for military purposes.
Former American journalist declarationThat Elon Musk periodically goes into “devil mode”.