Soon, #Musk found himself w/ immense decision-making #power, as #Ukraine authorities pleaded w/him to activate #Starlink over a port city in #Crimea, apparently so that they could conduct a surprise drone attack on #Russia’s fleet anchored there. By the end of the war’s first year, when #SpaceX no longer wanted to foot the bill for Starlink ops, the #Pentagon jumped to take over the job before SpaceX could cut off access.