两周前，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普宣布，他已与俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京达成协议，向世界供应数百万吨俄罗斯柴油。这令乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基大为震惊，他表示自己感到被背叛。特朗普回应称，现在是“乌克兰换一位新总统”的时候了。不久之后，乌克兰表示其使用SpaceX军用级星链（名为Starshield）的权限被限流。他们的无人机几乎陷入停滞，在俄罗斯猛烈打击乌克兰能源设施和平民区域之际，他们再也无法拦截俄罗斯的所有攻击。
Two weeks ago, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he’d struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to supply the world with millions of tonnes of Russian diesel. It stunned Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said he felt betrayed. Trump responded by saying it was time for “Ukraine to get a new president.”Soon after, Ukraine said its access to SpaceX’s military-grade version of Starlink called Starshield was throttled. Their drones slowed to a near halt and they were no longer able to intercept all of Russia’s attacks as Russia hammered Ukrainian energy facilities and civilian areas.
乌克兰指责白宫。白宫予以否认。《华尔街日报》报道称是埃隆·马斯克下达了命令。他也予以否认。但这一事件引发了疑问：世界首富行使这种权力会带来什么影响。
Ukraine blamed the White House. The White House denied it. The Wall Street Journal reported Elon Musk gave the order. He denied it too. But the incident raised questions about the implications of the world’s richest man exercising that kind of power.
莎伦·温伯格是一位资深国家安全记者，著有数本书，包括她的最新作品《死亡之谷：大型科技公司如何助推战争的未来》。她做客节目，为我们解析这场星链风波究竟发生了什么，以及硅谷在全球冲突中日益增长的角色所带来的后果。如需《Front Burner》的文字记录，请访问：在你常用的播客应用上收听《Front Burner》。
Sharon Weinberger is a longtime national security reporter and the author of several books including her latest, 'Valley of Death: How Big Tech Is Fueling the Future of War'. She joins us to unpack what’s happening with this Starlink debacle and the consequences of Silicon Valley's ever growing role in global conflict. For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: to Front Burner on your favourite podcast app.