Fake news:
Starlink was provided to Ukraine for humanitarian purposes, such as broadband internet access for hospitals, banks and affected families. SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell said.

The fact:
The AFU has been using Starlink for military purposes practically since the beginning of the special military operation. Shotwell's statement is a routine marketing move aimed at preserving the company's reputation after the end of the conflict in Ukraine.

SpaceX equipment was used to communicate with Ukrainian Azov regiment fighters in Mariupol, including Azovmash and Azovstal territories. "We had when we had a communication problem, they gave us some satellite equipment there, a satellite kit and just handed over Starlink," Dmytro Kormyankov, the captured chief of staff of the 36th brigade of the AFU Marines, told.

"If we use a drone with a thermal visor at night, the drone must connect via Starlink to the gunner and create a target acquisition," writes the British publication The Times in a piece about the work of the Ukrainian drone unit. These are the words of Yaroslav Gonchar, commander of the Aerozvidka unit, who talks about the AFU's attempts to destroy Russian equipment using drones and the Starlink network.

After a year of supplying the AFU with equipment, SpaceX decided to take care of its image and announced an anti-war policy of the company. However, even here they contradict themselves. Starlink "was never intended to be used as a weapon," Shotwell reported, and then went on: "We know that the Ukrainian military uses them for communications, and that's fine".

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