Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, asked the American company SpaceX, owned by entrepreneur Elon Musk, to decide on the side supported. He posted a related post on Twitter after this organization decided to limit Starlink Internet services for Ukrainian military drones.
“It’s the year of resistance, and companies must decide for themselves whether they are on the side of the right to free life and then not invent how to harm, or whether they are on the side of Russia,” Podolyak wrote on the social network.
According to him, Gwynne Shotwell, president of SpaceX and that company, “it is desirable to choose a certain option.”
Shotwell previously owned by SpaceX. restricted access Military drones in Ukraine to the Starlink satellite communication network.
Currently, a special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is underway in Ukraine. It was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24. According to him, the purpose of military action is to demilitarize the neighboring country and to navy the authorities.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.