「埃隆·馬斯克 (E. MUSK) 轉而支持烏克蘭，這似乎與他一貫的作風不符。他通常追隨盟友唐納德·川普的腳步，主張盡快結束戰爭，即便這意味著烏克蘭要向俄羅斯做出痛苦的讓步。」——但「無論是什麼原因導致馬斯克態度的明顯轉變，基輔當局都對此表示感謝。」烏克蘭在與俄羅斯的戰爭前線，借助一位意想不到的盟友——埃隆·馬斯克——的力量，扭轉了局勢。

 

《大西洋月刊》

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· 西蒙·舒斯特報道，烏克蘭在與俄羅斯的戰爭前線，借助一位意想不到的盟友——埃隆·馬斯克——的力量，扭轉了局勢。 https://theatln.tc/KJ2ThlEa

舒斯特繼續說道：「自四年前俄羅斯入侵烏克蘭以來，馬斯克在決定戰爭走向方面發揮了舉足輕重的作用。」例如，星鏈（Starlink）使得俄羅斯和烏克蘭軍隊能夠在戰區保持在線，協調部隊調動，並操控無人機。

2022年秋季，馬斯克介入限制了星鏈在烏克蘭的使用，基輔的高級官員認為這是為俄羅斯總統普丁效力。上個月基輔發生無人機入侵事件後不久，烏克蘭新任國防部長向馬斯克出示了證據，證明俄羅斯軍隊利用星鏈操控遠程無人機，其中一架無人機侵入了烏克蘭最敏感的空域，飛越了基輔政府區。

據舒斯特報道，「在與馬斯克及其團隊的一系列會談中，烏克蘭方面提出了一項阻止俄羅斯使用星鏈的計劃。」據幾位熟悉該計劃的政府和軍方消息人士透露，該計劃的第一階段已於1月底生效，嚴重限制了雙方使用星鏈進行無人機攻擊的能力。營運星鍊網路的SpaceX公司隨後制定了一份烏克蘭用戶白名單，並切斷了俄羅斯用戶的存取權限。 （該公司未回應置評請求。）

馬斯克的援助幫助烏克蘭總統澤倫斯基向本國人民和俄羅斯人強調了「烏克蘭沒有輸」的立場。舒斯特寫道，“這也讓烏克蘭在歐洲的盟友意識到馬斯克在這場戰爭中擁有的影響力。”

舒斯特寫道：「馬斯克轉而支持烏克蘭，這似乎與他一貫的作風不符。他通常追隨盟友唐納德·川普的腳步，主張盡快結束戰爭，即便這意味著烏克蘭要向俄羅斯做出痛苦的讓步。」——但「無論是什麼原因導致馬斯克態度的明顯轉變，基輔當局都對此表示感謝。」

🎨：《大西洋月刊》。圖片來源：Fabrice Coffrini / 法新社。

The Atlantic 

Ukraine has seized the momentum at the front lines of its war with Russia with the help of an unlikely ally: Elon Musk, Simon Shuster reports. https://theatln.tc/KJ2ThlEa

“Since the start of the Russian invasion four years ago, Musk has played an outsize role in determining the course of the war,” Shuster continues. Starlink, for instance, has allowed both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries to stay online in the war zone, coordinate troop movements, and navigate drones.

In the fall of 2022, Musk intervened to limit the use of Starlink in Ukraine in a way that senior officers in Kyiv perceived as a service to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Soon after the drone incursion in Kyiv last month, Ukraine’s newly appointed minister of defense presented Musk with evidence of Russian forces using Starlink to operate their long-range drones, including one that breached Ukraine’s most sensitive airspace, over Kyiv’s government district.

“In a series of talks with Musk and his team, the Ukrainians offered a plan to block the Russians from using Starlink,” Shuster reports. Its first phase took effect in the last days of January, severely curtailing the ability of both sides to use Starlink for their attack drones, according to several government and military sources familiar with the plan. SpaceX, the company that operates the Starlink network, then developed a whitelist of Ukrainian users—and shut off access for the Russians. (The company did not respond to requests for comment.)

Musk’s aid has helped Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky drive home the argument that “Ukraine is not losing,” both to his own people and to the Russians. “It has also reminded Ukraine’s allies in Europe of the power that Musk wields over the course of this war,” Shuster writes.

“The move to back Ukraine seems out of character for Musk, who has tended to follow his ally Donald Trump in advocating for a swift end to the war even if it forces Ukraine to grant painful concessions to the Russians,” Shuster writes—but “whatever caused Musk’s apparent change of heart, the authorities in Kyiv are grateful for it.”

: The Atlantic. Source: Fabrice Coffrini / AFP.