Elon Musk ‘turns the car’, announces to continue funding Starlink Internet for Ukraine

As usual, Mr. Elon Musk announced new moves on Twitter. “…even though Starlink is still losing money and other companies are receiving billions of dollars in taxes, we will continue to give free funding to the Government of Ukraine,” Musk tweeted October 15.

Earlier, on October 14, this billionaire said that SpaceX cannot fund the Internet indefinitely in Ukraine.

CNN has access to a number of documents showing that SpaceX has sent a letter to the US Department of Defense, saying it cannot continue to fund the Starlink service, and asking the Pentagon to take over the mission.

Since the beginning of this year, SpaceX has provided Starlink satellite Internet service to Ukraine. This service helped Ukrainian civilians and military during the war with Russia.

The problem now is that it is not clear whether Mr. Musk has followed through on Twitter claims. Both SpaceX and the Pentagon declined to comment.

It is known that 20,000 units of Starlink satellites have been donated to Ukraine by SpaceX so far, and according to Musk, the operation has cost the company about $ 80 million, which could exceed the $ 100 million mark by the end of this year. In a letter to the Department of Defense, SpaceX predicts costs will hit $400 million in the next 12 months.

Earlier, this billionaire shocked when he proposed a “peace plan” by calling on Ukraine to accept Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and to accept the results of referendums on the annexation of four Ukrainian territories into the new Russia. this.