In September last year, Elon Musk refused to let the Ukrainian military use his Starlink satellites to attack a Russian fleet.
Musk jumped on Twitter and posted "Starlink is meant for peaceful use only".
So how did we get into a situation where Elon Musk gets to personally decide whether a Ukrainian military operation succeeds or fails?
And was he justified in refusing to help?
Matt Bevan takes a look. Subscribe: [ Ссылка ]
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