By Jacob Knutson Via Axios

• Jacob Knutson

Sen. Elizabeth Warren said on Wednesday Congress should investigate Elon Musk’s role in preventing a Ukrainian drone attack on Russian military ships in the Black Sea.

Why it matters: Musk was heavily criticized for denying a request to activate SpaceX’s Starlink satellite communications network over part of the Crimean coast to allow Ukraine’s military to attack Russian ships at the Sevastopol Naval Base last year.

• The denial of the request was first reported by CNN from excerpts of an upcoming biography on Musk by Walter Isaacson.

Catch up quick: Musk claimed he denied the request because, if it had been approved, “SpaceX would be explicitly complicit in a major act of war and conflict escalation.”

• By making the decision, Ukrainian and other foreign officials said he protected Russian military assets and assisted Moscow in its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
• The Russian ships at the Sevastopol base have served as launch platforms for cruise missiles, which Moscow has used against civilian targets.