Elon Musk rejects calls for Starlink to block Russian news outlets
Elon Musk speaks during a press conference at SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on February 10, 2022.
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Elon Musk said Saturday that SpaceX’s Starlink would not block Russian news outlets “unless at gunpoint,” claiming that some governments — excluding Ukraine’s — had told the company to do so.
Starlink is a division of SpaceX planning to build an interconnected network with thousands of satellites to deliver high-speed internet anywhere on the planet.
“Sorry to be a free speech absolutist,” Musk said on Twitter.
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UK says 4 Ukrainian cities encircled by Russian forces
The U.K. Ministry of Defense has said it appears that four cities in Ukraine are surrounded by Russian troops.
“Ukraine continues to hold the key cities of Kharkiv, Cherniv and Mariupol,” the ministry said in its daily intelligence update on Saturday.
“There have been reports of street fighting in Sumy. It is highly likely that all four cities are encircled by Russian…
