Last October, Elon Musk turned off Starlink in Crimea so that the Ukrainian Armed Forces could not attack Russian bases with drones.
Musk feared that Russia would perceive the Ukrainian attack on its fleet in Crimea as a "mini-Pearl Harbor" and use nuclear weapons
In October 2022, American businessman and SpaceX owner Elon Musk ordered Ukraine to cut off access to the Starlink satellite Internet in the region of the Russian-annexed Crimea, thus thwarting an attack by Ukrainian underwater drones.
Source. This is stated in a new biography of the billionaire, which was reviewed by CNN before publication.
Walter Isaacson's book, which is titled Elon Musk, will be available in bookstores on September 12 (at least in the United States and the United Kingdom).
The Starlink company owned by Musk is widely used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the battlefield. In October last year (when fears of a Russian nuclear strike were particularly strong after the defeats in the Kharkiv region), Musk openly threatened on Twitter (he had already bought it by then) to stop providing the Armed Forces with free access to the network.
Back in October, Musk wrote that the conflict in Ukraine could lead to a global nuclear war. Many observers noted the similarity of his remarks to the theses of Russian propaganda.
In August, the New Yorker magazine published a lengthy article about the businessman's influence, which reported that in October 2022 (the day was not specified), Musk allegedly spoke personally with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
This information was provided by former US Deputy Secretary of Defense Colin Kahl, who, according to him, heard this from Musk himself when he discussed with the businessman the access of the Armed Forces to Starlink.
According to Isaacson's biographer, Musk feared that Russia would perceive the Ukrainian attack on its fleet in Crimea as a "mini-Pearl Harbor" and use nuclear weapons in response. As the Ukrainian submarines approached Crimea, they "lost communication and were brought ashore without causing any damage," the book says. No such incident was previously known.
Background. As a reminder, The New Yorker reported that Elon Musk had been consulting with the Kremlin since the start of the war in Ukraine.
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