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

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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.”