PoliticsPoland’s foreign minister threatens to defund Ukraine’s Starlink over communications-region dispute
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski threatened Elon Musk with ending Poland’s payments for Starlink satellite service used by Ukraine. Sikorski tied the possible cutoff to Poland being restored to the European communications region. The threat presents Ukraine’s Starlink access as leverage in a dispute involving Poland and Musk. It also frames the move as an effort to settle a score with the American billionaire.
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Poland’s foreign minister threatens to defund Ukraine’s Starlink over communications-region dispute