SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT:
Elon Musk gave Ukraine Starlink within hours of the invasion and saved the front line, while European politicians who built nothing comparable in years now lecture him on how to run his own company.
Sikorski asks the "big man" if Elon is "playing politics with his products… pic.twitter.com/ZPi96195QQ
— Natalia El Ferrara (@NataliaSpace11) October 14, 2026
The facts are straightforward:
On February 26, 2022 two days after the invasion Ukraine’s Mykhailo Fedorov posted on X asking Elon for Starlink. The same day Musk activated the service. Terminals arrived within days. SpaceX donated thousands (including 3,667 via the USAID partnership) and covered service costs for months while others were still talking. Ukrainian commanders have repeatedly said the front would have collapsed without it.
Elon Musk stated publicly: “No matter how much I disagree with the Ukraine policy, Starlink will never turn off its terminals. We would never do such a thing or use it as a bargaining chip.”
Europe has relied for years on American private technology instead of building its own alternatives. It is easy to criticize the man who actually acted when it mattered most.
Indeed.
Regulate, penalize, and criticize is what Europe does now instead of innovating.