Senator Thom Tillis is urging Elon Musk to clarify why Ukraine has lost military access to Starlink, raising concerns over whether the disruption stems from a technical error or a deliberate cutoff. The North Carolina Republican emphasized the urgency of the situation in a public post, questioning the sudden nature of the outages. With Ukraine relying heavily on the satellite network for communications, the senator’s appeal highlights growing political scrutiny over the decision. Musk has yet to publicly address the matter, leaving uncertainty about the reasons behind the access restrictions.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) is pressing Elon Musk to explain Ukraine’s loss of military access to Starlink and expressing hope that Ukraine’s restricted access to the space-based communications network was because of an error and not a deliberate decision. Tillis called on Musk in a social media post to “please tell me these overnight disruptions...