Polish PM Tusk cautions ‘friends’ against arrogance after Starlink spat • FRANCE 24 English

An extraordinary social media row erupted over the weekend between top U.S. and Polish officials over Starlink. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused Poland’s foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski of “making things up” and suggested on Sunday he was ungrateful, in a strong rebuke after Sikorski said Ukraine may need an alternative to Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite service if it becomes unreliable. FRANCE 24’s Delano D’Souza reports.
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49 comments
  1. If the west would have properly supplied Ukraine , Putin woukd have been kicked out by now. Properly supplied means same ir greater amount of stuff that the enemy has. In what reality can small and poor North Korea supply more artillery shells than ALL THE WESTERN NATIONS COMBINED?!?! … in this reality

  2. The translation of what the foreign ministry spokesman said is AWEFUL.
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    He said that Starlink is not being a charitable org. by providing its services to Ukraine, because Poland is footing the bill. As pointed out by his boss, the foreign minister. He did not say the random incoherent gibberish you translated it as…
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    FIRE YOUR TRANSLATOR

  3. Elon shows them their Real STATUS. NEVER TRIED TO KICK YOUR NEIGHBOR FROM SITTING ON OTHERS SHOULDER. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  4. CSO-3 french spy satellite launched 5 days ago and access will be granted to the ukrainian army.
    There is no need for Starlink, all of this has been anticiped months ago.

  5. My only words for Europe is pay your FKN way. You have twice the population than the United States and the United States has been paying 80% – 90% of your defense to hundred of billions of dollars, to include Russia. That is why your individual countries are not up to the defense of your own countries. You are living off the sweat of working Americans. I am appealed at the amount of money our taxpayers have been providing you. The richest families in the world are in Europe.

  6. Your enemy can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero.

    Elon has aspergers syndrome, so he has no empathy. He just doesn't care about other people.

    Elon has no morals. He is incapable, and he sees that as an advantage, but it only makes him pernicious.
    Peace

  7. All of Europe should transition to the French alternative. America and Musk are as trustworthy as Putin. As a yank I am embarrassed and ashamed.

  8. Pardon my ignorance: considering that the drones fight in a range of a few km from their own lines, can't they use the normal terrestrial internet connection that we normally use with our smartphones when we don't have Wi-Fi? That supposes having some transmitting antennae in the vicinity of the front, and some gateway link to those antennae, which could either be terrestrial, or maybe a satellite link. Wouldn't that satisfy most of the communication needs of an army? Can't antennae be placed in high-rise buildings, high trees, hills etc?

    Also, encrypted radio communications still exist.

    Regarding drones, I figure that the "gonzo visual" 😉 requires bandwidth and low latency, but can it be positively said that Eutelsat would not be sufficient?

    Besides, tethered drones would continue to work, they are not very good in all situations, but they do work.

    I think that there always are alternatives. Starlink can be very useful, but its hypothetical lack would not necessarily paralyse Ukrainian activity on the front.

  9. Better to develop and purchase the European rivals product, EUSatelnet. This is what we can learn from this upheaval.🤔

  10. I live in the UK, my father was polish, do not purchase American hardware, this should be a wake up call to everyone in Europe and the UK.

  11. FYI that was incorrect translation. Polish Spokesman was actually saying that SpaceX is not only NOT charity, but it is paid in full and Poland is picking up the bill.

  12. What is the little musk welfare king Musk doing offending a poiish minister? You're literally offending a whole nation. You're losing all respect little musky.

  13. Tusk is a WEF stooge. That’s probably why Poland is being swamped with foreign criminals over the objections of its people.

  14. Europe is wholly dependent on the US for it's security. Ukrainian troops are wholly dependent on Starlink/Musk for their survival. You ridiculous, delusional, spoilt, pathetic Euro-twits should be more grateful.

  15. Musk cut starlink during a Ukraine attack on the Crimean bridge fairly early in the Russian invasion. Need I say more.

  16. Muk needs to shut his face… poland pays for starlink so musk can keep it on… and no we are not grateful.. we are psying for it, if you cant be a reliable partner then we will terminate the contract and get another more reliable partner. End of.

    Only dictatorships turn things off as leverage.

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