Finnish President Alexander Stubb urged Elon Musk to expand Starlink coverage in Russia and occupied Ukraine, which Ukrainian officials believe could help target Russian ballistic-missile launchers. Ukraine faces an air-defense shortage and severely depleted Patriot ammunition.
Starlink does not currently work over Russian territory. Musk switched it on over Ukraine shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022; it has since become central to battlefield communications and drone piloting. Ukrainians fear Moscow plans systematic attacks on power and heating sites this winter; Russian ballistic-missile use reached record levels this summer.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pressed for ceasefires covering strikes on energy-related targets and vessels in the Black Sea; Russia has given no public indication it wants such arrangements. Stubb said he favored an unconditional ceasefire followed by talks on security, territory, reconstruction and compensation. He said the war could be frozen along the contact line with 30-km buffer zones east and west; his next-best option was a partial truce on energy- and grain-related targets.
