{"id":1359959,"date":"2022-03-05T07:16:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T12:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1359959"},"modified":"2022-03-05T12:22:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T17:22:36","slug":"elon-musk-announces-starlink-terminals-sent-to-ukraine-wont-take-certain-actions-unless-forced-at-gunpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-announces-starlink-terminals-sent-to-ukraine-wont-take-certain-actions-unless-forced-at-gunpoint\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Announces Starlink Terminals Sent To Ukraine Won\u2019t Take Certain Actions Unless Forced \u2018At Gunpoint\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-announces-starlink-terminals-sent-to-ukraine-wont-take-certain-actions-unless-forced-at-gunpoint%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1359959&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/EM1-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk announced late on Friday night that the Starlink terminals he sent to Ukraine will not censor Russian media organizations, despite pressure from some governments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStarlink has been told by some governments (not Ukraine) to block Russian news sources,\u201d Musk tweeted. \u201cWe will not do so unless at gunpoint. Sorry to be a free speech absolutist.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Starlink has been told by some governments (not Ukraine) to block Russian news sources. We will not do so unless at gunpoint.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry to be a free speech absolutist.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1499976967105433600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Musk said last week that SpaceX\u2019s Starlink satellite broadband service was now available in Ukraine with more terminals en route to the country following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ukraine-receives-equipment-they-requested-from-elon-musk-musk-responds\">request<\/a> from Mykhailo Fedorov, the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, who tweeted: \u201c@elonmusk, while you try to colonize Mars \u2014 Russia try to occupy Ukraine! While your rockets successfully land from space \u2014 Russian rockets attack Ukrainian civil people! We ask you to provide Ukraine with Starlink stations and to address sane Russians to stand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s official Twitter account highlighted the tweet, writing: \u201cDear @elonmusk, Ukraine needs your support. Your stance and your actions matter. An appeal by our Minister of Digital Transformation here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStarlink service is now active in Ukraine,\u201d Musk responded. \u201cMore terminals en route.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1497701484003213317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The country quickly received the terminals, according to Fedorov, who tweeted out a photograph of the products.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You are most welcome<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1498397390298128386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After the terminals were received by Ukraine, Musk issued a warning, saying that users needed to be careful because the Russians would target the terminals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImportant warning: Starlink is the only non-Russian communications system still working in some parts of Ukraine, so probability of being targeted is high,\u201d Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-issues-important-warning-about-systems-he-deployed-to-ukraine\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201cPlease use with caution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTurn on Starlink only when needed and place antenna away [sic] as far away from people as possible,\u201d Musk advised. \u201cPlace light camouflage over antenna to avoid visual detection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStarlink provides high-speed, low-latency broadband internet across the globe. Within each coverage area, orders are fulfilled on a first-come, first-served basis,\u201d the company says. \u201cUsing advanced satellites in a low orbit, Starlink enables video calls, online gaming, streaming, and other high data rate activities that historically have not been possible with satellite internet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStarlink is ideally suited for areas where connectivity has been unreliable or completely unavailable,\u201d the company added. \u201cPeople across the globe are using Starlink to gain access to education, health services and even communications support during natural disasters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk also made news on Friday after he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-pushes-energy-policy-for-u-s-that-would-negatively-affect-his-own-company-extraordinary-times-demand-extraordinary-measures\">called<\/a> for the U.S. to increase domestic energy production despite the fact that it would negatively impact his other company, Tesla.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHate to say it, but we need to increase oil &#038; gas output immediately. Extraordinary times demand extraordinary measures,\u201d Musk tweeted. \u201cObviously, this would negatively affect Tesla, but sustainable energy solutions simply cannot react instantaneously to make up for Russian oil &#038; gas exports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s tweet comes as energy prices have been a problem under Democrat President Joe Biden, and there has been widespread support to cut U.S. imports of Russian oil in the wake of Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s decision to invade Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA broad bipartisan majority of Americans think the United States should stop buying Russian oil,\u201d Reuters\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/us-weighs-cutting-russian-oil-imports-white-house-2022-03-04\/\">reported<\/a>. \u201cSome 80% of Americans \u2013 including solid majorities of Republicans and Democrats \u2013 support the measure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/why-does-the-u-s-still-buy-russian-oil-11646151935\">reported<\/a>\u00a0that the U.S. imported approximately 672,000 barrels of oil a day from Russia and that during Biden\u2019s first year in office \u201cU.S. imports of Russian crude hit the highest levels in about a decade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk announced late on Friday night that the Starlink terminals he sent to Ukraine will not censor Russian media organizations, despite pressure from some governments.\u201cStarlink has been<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1359959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1359959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1359959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1359959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1359959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}