Musk said he received a request from 'government authorities' to activate Starlink satellites that would have helped sink a Russian naval fleet.
After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Musk donated Starlink connectivity terminals to the country's military.
An excerpt of a biography on Musk obtained by CNN says Musk ordered his engineers in 2022 to disable the satellite network near Crimea, where Ukraine was reportedly going to attack a Russian naval fleet. He added, however, that there was a request from"government authorities" to activate Starlink in the region.
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