Zelenskyy Says Starlink Restrictions on Ukraine Look Deliberate
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A head of state accusing a private network provider of deliberate wartime restrictions underscores how much geopolitical leverage now sits in commercial comms stacks. Any operator building on third-party connectivity or cloud for critical services should be modeling political and policy risk alongside SLAs.
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