US Secretary of State Marco Rubio claims Ukraine would have lost the war against Russia long ago without Starlink’s support.
Rubio made this assertion in response to Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski’s statement that Ukraine’s Starlink services are paid for by the Polish Digitisation Ministry at a cost of about $50 million per year.
Rubio urged Sikorski to express gratitude, emphasizing that without Starlink, Russian forces would already be at Poland’s border.
He also denied any threats to disconnect Ukraine from Starlink, saying, “Just making things up. No one has made any threats about cutting Ukraine off from Starlink.”
This statement comes after Elon Musk warned that Ukraine’s entire frontline defense system would collapse if he “turned off” his Starlink satellite internet system.