Exclusive: US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink internet services over minerals, say sources
neuters.de
Ukraine's access to SpaceX-owned Starlink was brought up in talks between U.S. and Ukrainian officials after Ukrainian President Zelenskiy turned down an initial proposal from U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent.
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  • SpaceX-owned satellite internet service vital for Ukraine
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  • overload@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    1343·
    22 小时前

    I think a global boycott on US-made goods + services is necessary. Trump can only do this because the US is such a powerhouse.

    • bss03@infosec.pubEnglish
      4·
      7 小时前

      As an American, I’d like the boycott to be more targeted. But yes, every company that licks the boots of this obviously fascist regime should see no more sales. I don’t have a full list, but it includes at least Meta, Alphabet (Google), and Amazon.

    • Zeoic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      16 小时前

      That is already happening in Canada. Those imperialists threatening annexation was finally what brought us Canadians together on something lol

    • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      642·
      21 小时前

      The US is only such a powerhouse, because they generally have the support of their allies. That makes it the unparalleled biggest economic block in the world.
      But without their allies, USA isn’t that much stronger than China economically. And USA wouldn’t be nearly the powerhouse they’ve gotten used to be.

      So China just has to look on and do nothing, while USA is losing their world dominance quickly.

    • stardust@lemmy.caEnglish
      36·
      20 小时前

      Would be nice to see global sanctions against the US. Not realistic, but I hope all countries are moving towards significantly reducing American reliance. It’ll be a slow process, but needs to be done.

      • Vipsu@lemmy.worldEnglish
        23·
        20 小时前

        Honestly sanctions agains companies like these that can be weaponized politically sounds very reasonable.

        They are national security threat in the true meaning of the word.

        • RegalPotoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          6 小时前

          I’ve been looking at getting solar installed, and been talking to a few different companies for quotes. One place only supplies PowerWall batteries, and I said to the sales rep that I wasn’t really interested in buying anything from Tesla and his face made it pretty clear that that was the answer he’d been getting a lot recently

    • eran_morad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      121·
      19 小时前

      Just relax and let trump continue destroying the USA. He’s doing putin’s work and fucking us all, Europeans and Americans alike.

    • asap@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      20 小时前

      I moved all my cloud computing from DO and Vultr to European owned options. It’s a small thing, but it’s about the only thing that I had been purchasing from the USA.