Blinken hes Starlink will remain fully available to Ukrainians

Blinken said this in an interview with CNN, Ukrinform reports, citing the Department of State.

A journalist asked the Secretary of State the flowing question: "SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has recently confirmed a report […] that last year, he blocked access to his Starlink satellite network in Crimea in order to disrupt a major Ukrainian attack on the Russian navy there. In other words, Musk effectively sabotaged a military eration by Ukraine, a U.S. ally, against Russia, an aggressor country that invaded a U.S. ally. Should there be repercussions for that?"

Blinken replied that he could not speak to a specific episode. However, according to him, Starlink has been a vital to for the Ukrainians to be able to communicate with each other, and particularly for the military to communicate in their effort to defend all of Ukraine's territory. 

"So what we would he and expect is that that technogy will remain fully available to the Ukrainians. It is vital to what they're doing," he said.

According to Blinken, Starlink is an important part of Ukraine's success in liberating territories captured by Russia.

"We expect that it will continue to be so," he added.

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