“They are like blind kittens,” a Ukrainian General Staff commander tells POLITICO.

Two days after Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched Starlink verification and blocked unverified terminals in Ukraine, the pace of Russia’s offensive appears to be slowing, a Ukrainian military official told POLITICO.

“Currently, such a trend is indeed observed. But it will be necessary to monitor further whether it will continue, whether there will be other factors,” said the official, granted anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.

“However, at some places, Ukrainian military Starlinks which have not been registered yet have also been disconnected. But the registration process is ongoing,” the official added.

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    17 hours ago

    It was the earliest source available that showed Musk’s actions.

    While I don’t support Musk, I did want to verify that he acted in good faith on this one thing.

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      11 hours ago

      There’s no way to verify that with a Fox link because they will happily leave out relevant information to build a narrative that doesn’t match reality.

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        8 hours ago

        Yeah their news articles try not to be as blatantly pure propaganda as their TV programming, but they still omit a lot of information to subtlety frame stories in their favor.