In the early months of the war, Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service became a lifeline to war-torn parts of Ukraine that lost connectivity due to heavy bombardment.īut the alleged use of the technology in combat operations appears to have changed that relationship. Moscow painted the peninsula, annexed from Ukraine in 2014, as a “red line” and threatened nuclear repercussions should it be attacked. Hong / AP fileĪlthough drone strikes on Russian territory and Crimea have now become a nearly daily occurrence, it was not the case late last year. Musk has drawn criticism from Kyiv before. NBC News has reached out to SpaceX and Zelenskyy’s office for comment. officials along with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. The book also delves into how Musk’s decision played out, alleging Musk spoke with top U.S. “If I had agreed to their request, then SpaceX would be explicitly complicit in a major act of war and conflict escalation.”Īccording to the excerpts from the new biography, it meant that Ukrainian submarine drones packed with explosives lost connectivity as they approached the Russian ships, and saw them “washed ashore harmlessly.” The Russian Defense Ministry said the Russian warships damaged at the Sevastopol shipyard would be fully repaired and return to naval service.“The obvious intent being to sink most of the Russian fleet at anchor,” Musk added. Some Russian messaging app channels made the same claim. Ukraine’s RBC-Ukraine news outlet reported, citing unnamed sources in Ukrainian military intelligence, that an amphibious landing ship and a submarine were damaged in the attack. “This is the only correct response to Russia’s attempts to turn hunger into a weapon and the only way to ensure uninterrupted grain supplies to the countries of the east and Africa.” “The demilitarization of the Russian Black Sea fleet is a real long-term guarantee of security for regional trade routes and the ‘grain corridor,’” said Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Zelenskyy. Putin recently said he wouldn’t renew a landmark deal allowing Ukraine to export grain safely through the Black Sea until the West meets Moscow’s demands on its own agricultural exports. He posted a photo showing the shipyard in flames with smoke billowing over it.Ī senior Ukrainian official posted a picture of the burning port on social media and described the strike as a “professional and meaningful statement” in its efforts to keep a crucial shipping corridor open to deliver grain to Asia and Africa.
Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-appointed governor of Sevastopol, said on Telegram that the resulting fire injured 24 people. Seven missiles were shot down, and all the sea drones were destroyed, the Russian military said, but some of the missiles damaged two ships that were being repaired at the shipyard. The shipyard is of strategic importance to Russia because vessels in its Black Sea fleet are repaired there. Russia’s Defense Ministry said Ukraine launched 10 cruise missiles at the shipyard and three sea drones at Russian ships in the Black Sea. Wednesday’s attack on the Sevastopol Shipyard appeared to be one of the biggest in recent weeks. Russia had used the platforms for electronic warfare equipment and to launch helicopters, and Ukraine said getting control of them would help it regain Crimea. On Monday, Ukraine claimed it had recaptured strategic gas and oil drilling platforms in the Black Sea that Russia seized in 2015.
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