© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks on a display in the course of the Cellular World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
(Reuters) -Elon Musk stated on Saturday that his rocket firm SpaceX would proceed to fund its Starlink web service in Ukraine, a day after he stated it may not afford to take action.
Musk tweeted: “the hell with it … though starlink continues to be shedding cash & different firms are getting billions of taxpayer $, we’ll simply preserve funding ukraine govt without spending a dime”.
It was not instantly clear whether or not Musk’s provide was real or if he was expressing sarcasm. SpaceX didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Musk stated on Friday that SpaceX couldn’t indefinitely fund Starlink in Ukraine. The service has helped civilians and army keep on-line in the course of the conflict with Russia.
He made his comment after a media report that SpaceX had requested the Pentagon to pay for the donations of Starlink. The billionaire has been in on-line fights with Ukrainian officers over a peace plan he put ahead which Ukraine says is just too beneficiant to Russia.
