Baku, Azerbaijan, September 4 According to Trends reports, Musk has said that the Starlink satellite communications service is a “commercial system, not a military system,” and confirmed that he did not activate it in 2022 at the request of Ukrainian authorities in Crimea, who attacked Ukrainian troops.
“We state in our Terms of Service that Starlink is a commercial system, not a military system. It’s okay to use Starlink for communications, including military communications, and it’s okay to use the Internet in general for military purposes, but if we were to take deliberate military action, we would be turning Starlink into a military system, and other countries would have every right to shoot down our satellites,” he wrote on his page on the X social network.
Musk also recalled that he did not turn on Starlink in Crimea in 2022 to launch an attack on Ukrainian forces. “Starlink was banned from turning on satellites in Crimea because it violates U.S. sanctions against Russia.
The billionaire has repeatedly called for a diplomatic solution to the Ukrainian conflict, drawing criticism in Kiev.
