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“I realize that Starlinks are working, too?” said Radosław Sikorski of the Ukrainian minister during a joint press conference.
— Yeah. We are grateful for the fees and the anticipation of utilizing Starlinki, after all, Poland spent about 200 million dollars. This is very crucial to our army,” said Andrii Sybiha.
Starlinki Battle
On Sunday on the billionaire and US president Elona Muska portal X There was an exchange between Sikorski, Rubio and Musk concerning the Starlink system. These, produced by a company owned by Muska, have been utilized for months to supply communications to Ukrainian troops defending themselves against the Russians.
In 1 of the entries, Musk stated that if he had decided to separate Ukraine from the Starlinks, the front would have broken down and Ukraine would have lost the war. In consequence Sikorski stressed that Starlinks for Ukraine are paid by Poland under bilateral trade agreement. "Starlinks for Ukraine are paid by the Polish Ministry of Digitization at around $50 million a year. Abstaining from the ethics of threatening the victim of aggression, if SpaceX is an unreliable supplier, We will be forced to look for another suppliers," wrote the head of the Polish Ministry of abroad Affairs.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in his entry accused Sikorski of making it up. “No 1 threatened to cut Ukraine off from Starlink.And thank you, without Starlinka Ukraine would have lost this war long ago, and the Russians would be bordering Poland now.“ Rubio added. A minute later, Musk himself responded to Sikorski's entry. "Be quiet, small man. You pay a tiny part of the cost. And there's no substitute for Starlink.” — wrote to the head of Polish diplomacy.
Musk in his next entry stated that no substance how much he disagrees with Ukraine's policy, Starlink would never shut down its terminals. He besides stated that he did not endanger to cut Kiev off from the satellite network.
