Tech titan Elon Musk is being blasted by Ukraine for enabling Moscow's war by shutting off internet service through his Starlink satellite last year to thwart a drone attack on a Russian naval fleet.
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Following the initial backlash, Musk tried to defend his actions, claiming he had not disabled the service so much as refused to comply with an emergency request by Ukrainian officials to enable the service in the specific area. His denial, however, was a roundabout admission he had interfered with Ukraine's plan to attack Russia's naval fleet.
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, used X, the tech billionaire's own media platform formerly known as Twitter, to hold him accountable.
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