Ukraine's ambassador to Germany, Andrij Melnyk, responded earlier this month to Musk's claimed peace plan for Russia's Ukraine war by saying: 'F*** off is my very diplomatic reply to you suggestion that it would stop funding Starlink also came amid rising concern in Ukraine over Musk's allegiance. He also said that in asking the Pentagon to pick up the bill for Starlink in Ukraine, he was following the advice of a Ukrainian diplomat who responded to Musk's Ukraine peace plan earlier this month, before the letter was sent to the Pentagon, with: 'F*** off.' This is unreasonable,' read one post from Musk's verified account. 'SpaceX is not asking to recoup past expenses, but also cannot fund the existing system indefinitely *and* send several thousand more terminals that have data usage up to 100X greater than typical households. Musk on Friday had doubled down on SpaceX's request to the Pentagon in a series of tweets. In response Saturday to a follower who replied to Musk's tweet, 'No good deed goes unpunished,' Musk said, 'Even so, we should still do good deeds.' Since they first started arriving in Ukraine last spring, the Starlink satellite internet terminals made by Musk's SpaceX have allowed Ukraine's military to fight and stay connected even as cellular phone and internet networks have been destroyed in its war with Russia.Ī Pentagon spokesperson said Friday afternoon that it had been in communication with SpaceX about the funding of the Starlink satellite communication product as well as other topics. even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we'll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free.'

The report elicited a torrent of tweets from social media users both defending and criticizing the move.Ī tweet from Musk's verified account posted Saturday said, 'The hell with it.

The letter also requested that the Pentagon take over funding for Ukraine's government and military use of Starlink, which SpaceX claims would cost more than $120 million for the rest of the year and could cost close to $400 million for the next 12 months. SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet services have been a vital source of communication for the country's military during the war with Russia, but as CNN exclusively reported earlier this week, SpaceX warned the Pentagon that it may stop funding the service in Ukraine unless the US military kicks in tens of millions of dollars per month, according to documents obtained by CNN. billionaire Elon Musk tweeted on Saturday that SpaceX will continue funding Starlink internet service in war-torn Ukraine, apparently reversing course after SpaceX asked the United States military to pick up the tab.

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