The US has lifted its intelligence sharing pause with Ukraine. But the damage may already be done

By Dafydd Townley, Teaching Fellow in International Security, University of Portsmouth
Matthew Powell, Teaching Fellow in Strategic and Air Power Studies, University of Portsmouth

There has been a great deal of speculation about whether Elon Musk might deny Ukraine access to his satellite network system, Starlink – and what might happen if he did.

Musk fuelled talk of a possible shutdown when he posted recently that: “My Starlink system is the backbone of the Ukrainian army. Their entire front line would collapse if I turned it off.”…

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