The most insane part is that they never even entered into a contract with Starlink to provide service. Starlink is the backbone of Ukraineās communications infrastructure, and itās shocking that the DoD and the Ukraine Armed Forces never thought āhey we should get a contract with Musk so we can ensure he keeps Starlink available throughout the warā. For such a critical service, they were content with dealing with Starlink directly and having Elon subsidize it personally, giving him a large degree of control over one of the most vital components of Ukrainian communications, rather than what they eventually did by going through the DoD to negotiate a contract with Elon using taxpayer dollars
The most insane part is that they never even entered into a contract with Starlink to provide service. Starlink is the backbone of Ukraineās communications infrastructure, and itās shocking that the DoD and the Ukraine Armed Forces never thought āhey we should get a contract with Musk so we can ensure he keeps Starlink available throughout the warā. For such a critical service, they were content with dealing with Starlink directly and having Elon subsidize it personally, giving him a large degree of control over one of the most vital components of Ukrainian communications, rather than what they eventually did by going through the DoD to negotiate a contract with Elon using taxpayer dollars