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> The fact that Starlink helps Ukraine

Its not helping them in Crimea. Communications have been cut off there.

If the Ukrainians can't trust their communication systems, then its worthless. Starlink was a big mistake, the USA should have never gifted it to the Ukrainians.



> Its not helping them in Crimea. Communications have been cut off there.

There are no Ukrainian military forces in Crimea. 99.9% of Starlink terminals in Crimea would operated by the Russians.

> If the Ukrainians can't trust their communication systems, then its worthless.

And yet they do relay on it everyday and it works well. So clearly it isn't worthless.


> There are no Ukrainian military forces in Crimea

The attacks on multiple Russian bases in Crimea, including the most recent Sevastopol attack and the Crimean Bridge attack, suggests otherwise.

Ukrainian commandos are doing something in Crimea, and they probably want communications. They can't rely on Starlink for that however.




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