Elon Musk's SpaceX has refused to fund Starlink for Ukraine. At the same time, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, was disgraced by statements about the war in Ukraine. However, SpaceX's decision and Musk's statements should not be linked.
CNN journalists published material that Elon Musk's SpaceX may stop funding the provision of Starlink satellite communications in Ukraine. SpaceX wants the Pentagon to finance Starlink for Ukraine.
SpaceX sent the decision to the Pentagon to scandalous statements.
Elon Musk confirmed this information, saying that his company “cannot finance the existing system to infinity. Commenting on the decision of SpaceX, Musk remembered Andrei Melnik, who was in Germany after Ukraine. A Ukrainian diplomat advised Musk to “go to hell” when he wrote about the “settlement” of the Russian-Ukrainian war
On the net, SpaceX's decisions began to be associated with Musk's recent scandalous tweets. The billionaire proposed a formula for “peace” between Ukraine and Russia. In particular, Musk believes that Ukraine could abandon Crimea and hold “referendums” in the occupied territories.
In response, Ukrainians in less than a day raised more than 2 million hryvnias for a history textbook for Musk.
However, the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security stressed that SpaceX's decision and Musk's tweets should not be linked.
CNN journalists claim that the company sent its appeal to the Pentagon last month – that is, to the odious tweets of the billionaire. Therefore, one should not link SpaceX's refusal to finance Starlink in Ukraine with discussions on Twitter. “Ukrainian ambassador. After all, it is precisely this picture of “confrontation between Ukraine and the West” that is beneficial to the Putin regime, the message says.
It is worth recalling that President Vladimir Zelensky also reacted to Musk's scandalous tweets about the war in Ukraine. The head of state asked Musk who he supported, to which the billionaire assured that he was on the side of Ukraine.
At the same time, information appeared in the media that Musk, before he tweeted scandalous messages about Ukraine, talked with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Elon Musk denies this information.
