Diving into Musk's order to restrict Ukraine's access to SpaceX satellites
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[0:00] Meanwhile, the furer over who directed
[0:02] restrictions to Ukraine's access to help
[0:04] from SpaceX satellite networks. Sources
[0:07] to closest to CBS News say the order
[0:10] came from Elon Musk. Musk's own
[0:13] satellites assist drone operations in
[0:15] Ukraine and also inform targeting and
[0:18] protection from attacks. Let's bring in
[0:21] or I wanted to go to CBS News senior
[0:23] foreign correspondent MTS Taib with
[0:25] details on that directive.
[0:28] Well, we are hearing that uh speeds
[0:30] inside of Ukraine are improving after it
[0:33] was revealed that Elon Musk has ordered
[0:35] a slowdown of a vital technology which
[0:38] effectively allows Ukrainian forces to
[0:41] deflect Russian drones and indeed
[0:43] protect themselves. It is connected to
[0:45] Elon Musk's Starlink technology uh which
[0:48] of course provides highspeed internet,
[0:50] rapid internet uh in places where it
[0:52] doesn't exist. This is something that
[0:54] Ukraine has relied on throughout this
[0:56] war and the fact that it had slowed down
[0:58] had really put it in a vulnerable
[0:59] situation. Now, when it comes to who
[1:02] ordered this, well, when it comes to the
[1:04] White House and including the Secretary
[1:05] of State, Marco Rubio, uh him say