I wouldn't count satellite as a viable option for citizens during a war, especially if it's under US/foreign control (a possible enemy).
Meshtastic seems to be very vulnerable to misconfigurations that can knock out all nodes in an area by flooding them. All it needs is 2 nodes with MQTT enabled and nobody can communicate.
Jack Dorsey has alpha software and just rewrote another app. Plus, he's from the USA so his stuff shouldn't be trusted. Briar and other apps already exist. Maybe even Jami could work. The problem is that those are only the range of WiFi or Bluetooth. For communication in a city/town/village,that might be OK, but intercity communication won't be possible. Is there no meshnet tech that has greater range than WiFi and can carry more than text (I.e not meshtastic)?