China is more likely than the EU to replace Starlink on the Ukrainian battlefield
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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/58348527
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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/58348527
This is, however, not likely to benefit Ukraine in the long term. Ukrainian government agencies have in recent years purged Chinese telecoms equipment like Huawei from their networks since the start of the war.
Chinese companies routinely provide Russia with high-tech services and equipment that the U.S. and EU ban. In January, [Chinese rival to Starlink] SpaceSail set up a subsidiary in Kazakhstan, a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States and a long-time eager intermediary for Russian sanctions evasion.
SpaceSail’s ongoing launches are consequently more likely to give Russian soldiers in Ukraine internet services that Ukrainian soldiers have long enjoyed than they are to help Ukraine move beyond Starlink.
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This is, however, not likely to benefit Ukraine in the long term. Ukrainian government agencies have in recent years purged Chinese telecoms equipment like Huawei from their networks since the start of the war.
Chinese companies routinely provide Russia with high-tech services and equipment that the U.S. and EU ban. In January, [Chinese rival to Starlink] SpaceSail set up a subsidiary in Kazakhstan, a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States and a long-time eager intermediary for Russian sanctions evasion.
SpaceSail’s ongoing launches are consequently more likely to give Russian soldiers in Ukraine internet services that Ukrainian soldiers have long enjoyed than they are to help Ukraine move beyond Starlink.
Thanks I first thought „going from one Russian supporting state to another is not the best idea“
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