[karp773]

Is Crimea on "this big hex grid" or not? If not, why not?

[TMWNN]

Starlink is prohibited for use in Crimea because of US sanctions against Russia, and not because "Musk turned Starlink off during a Ukrainian attack".

[karp773]

Well, per other comments, Starlink terminals apparently do work in Russia.

And Musk did exactly that per numerous reports. Given his erratic behavior since around 2018, it's not hard to believe. The other day he was literally threatening to stop Dragon launches for NASA.

[coryrc]

Because the US military/govt has a say in what US companies sell to foreign militaries and that's what the restrictions were at the time. Remember this was early on in the full invasion.

[maxlin]

Starlink both in technology, availability and regulation angle is advancing so fast that saying "is it now" and "was it then" are quite different.

This is where the hex grid was previously on. Wayback machine doesn't seem to work as it's a web app https://www.starlink.com/map