Elon Musk secretly ordered his engineers to turn off his company’s Starlink satellite communications network near the Crimean coast last year to disrupt a Ukrainian sneak attack on the Russian naval fleet . As Ukrainian submarine drones strapped with explosives approached the Russian fleet they lost connectivity and washed ashore harmlessly . The decision was driven by an acute fear that Russia would respond to a Ukrainian attack on Crimea with nuclear weapons a fear driven home by senior Russian officials . The episode reveals the unique position Musk found himself in as the war in Ukraine unfolded . The new book from Isaacson the author of acclaimed biographies of Steve Jobs and Albert Einstein provides fresh insights into Musk and how his existential dread of sparking a wider war drove him to spurn Ukrainian requests for Starlink systems they could use to attack the Russians . SpaceX was eventually able to work out a deal with the US and European governments to pay for another new satellite dishes to Ukraine at the beginning of this month . But the episode has not waned. Starlinks importance in the war hasnt waned . Last week the U.S. and its Five Eyes allies accused Russian hackers of targeting Ukrainian commanders battlefield communications have not been waned by the Ukrainians . The Russians malicious code was designed to intercept data sent to Starlink satellites according to the Ukrainians. The Russians were accused of intercepting data from the Russians. The US and its five Eyes allies have been accused of using Russian hackers. Last week. The Russian hackers were designed to target Ukrainian commanders. The U.K. and their Five Eyes. were accused. of targeting Russian hackers . The Russian military. The Ukrainians. were alleged to have launched an attack on Ukraine. The Americans. were also accused of targeting Ukraine’s Five Eyes’S forces. The
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