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‘Be quiet, small man’: Musk clashes with Polish FM over Starlink in Ukraine

A Starlink logo on a smartphone in front of a Ukrainian flag on February 27, 2022 [Dado Ruvic/Reuters]

Tech billionaire Elon Musk and United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio have traded barbs with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski over the use of Musk’s Starlink internet service in Ukraine.

During the tense exchange on X on Sunday, Sikorski suggested that Poland, which pays Ukraine’s Starlink costs to help it repel Russia’s invasion, might have to seek alternative suppliers if Musk’s satellite network proves to be an “unreliable provider”.

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