Elon Musk ‘ordered Starlink shutdown’ during Ukraine counterattack & special forces raid island in Black Sea

Day 1,253.


Today, after a quieter night in the skies, we turn our focus to
renewed tank movements on the ground and covert operations at sea
– before sitting down with the director of the Oscar-winning ‘20
Days in Mariupol’ to discuss his new film, ‘2000 Metres to
Andriivka’. Plus we share how Elon Musk reportedly stopped
Starlink operations during an important Ukrainian counterattack.


Contributors:


Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley
on X.


Hamish de Bretton Gordon (Former Tank Commander). @HamishDBG on
X.


Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.


With thanks to our guest, Mstyslav Chernov.


Content Referenced:


Learn More’ About 2000 Meters To Andriivka’:


https://releasing.dogwoof.com/2000-meters-to-andriivka 


Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine
retook territory from Russia (Reuters):


https://www.reuters.com/investigations/musk-ordered-shutdown-starlink-satellite-service-ukraine-retook-territory-russia-2025-07-25/ 


Why Ukraine can't afford to demobilize its soldiers (Kyiv
Independent):


https://kyivindependent.com/why-ukraine-cant-afford-to-demobilize-its-soldiers/ 


Understanding Russia’s Black Sea strategy (Chatham House):


https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/07/understanding-russias-black-sea-strategy 


 


100 years of Telegraph Puzzles: Can you complete our first ever
crossword?:


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/28/100-years-the-telegraph-crossword-week-long-celebration/ 


Puzzles Main Page:


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/ 


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