“Disengagement” by Elon Musk from Kiev. Starlink service blackouts reported
Days characterized by a certain diplomatic ferment, and from a series of – often conflicting – signals regarding possible negotiating turning points. but shortly the attention could return to focus on the battlefields; because she would be next one major counter-offensive in the Zaporizhzhia oblast. Only rumors at the moment; relaunched by various military analysts – even pro-Russian ones – on the basis of alleged masses of Ukrainian vehicles and troops.
If it were confirmed it would be a key moment of the conflict. In fact, it is believed that the target is the Russian land corridor towards the Crimea, reaching the coast of the Sea of Azov. A series of elements would seem to support this hypothesis: starting from the apparent exhaustion of the powerful Ukrainian offensive push in the east and in the direction of Kherson, which suggests a reorganization.
Then the well-known attack on the Kerch bridge – which also has a strategic value -, having slowed down Moscow’s logistics chain in the southern sector. And above all the need for Kiev to seize a decisive success before the arrival of the cold season, and the deployment of the massive mass of reservists mobilized by the Kremlin.
There is also who do not rule out an amphibious operation on Energodar, to regain the nuclear power plant; and this also to remedy the possible repercussions of the recent strikes on the country’s energy infrastructures. But we remain in the field of hypotheses. A certainty, on the other hand, is the disengagement from Kiev by Elon Musk.
The Starlink satellite terminals, donated by the tycoon, had so far proved decisive in the “third generation war”, conducted by the Ukrainians. Recently however rumors of service blackouts. And he had caused a sensation, in recent days, the peace proposal relaunched by the billionaire; and the abrupt way in which she had been rejected.
Finally, it was known in these hours of a letter, sent to the Pentagon in September, in which he warned that it could put an end to the service, if the US Defense does not bear the costs of the communication network. In the style of Musk, in these hours, a comment on a post on Twitter; in which he remembered how a Ukrainian ambassador had told him – but in more colorful terms – to go to that country. “We are already following this advice,” he wrote; adding an emoticon to the answer.