The creation of the new assault drone company was announced at the end of January in a post on Facebook by the Ukrainian general staff.
“
We do everything to provide soldiers with modern technologies,
” it read.
Each company "
will receive drones and ammunition, Starlink terminals and other equipment necessary to defeat the enemy
", it was explained.
Thanks to the terminals provided by the company SpaceX at the beginning of the war, the Ukrainian forces were able to restore their means of communication.
The Russians have understood what is at stake by now systematically seeking to jam the signal from the terminals.
But for Elon Musk, the boss of SpaceX and Twitter who does not listen to anyone's orders, the Ukrainian army would now have exceeded its offer.
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The billionaire wants to cut off access to Starlink if the system is used for offensive purposes.
“
There are things we can do to limit their capacity
,” warned Gwynne Shotwell, the president of…
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