Elon Musk says Starlink will keep funding Ukraine’s government ‘for free’ despite losing money

Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO, has reversed his decision to cease funding Starlink terminals to Ukraine. Tweet your thoughts that the company will continue to provide “free” satellite internet service to the government even if it means the company loses money.

“The hell with it,” Musk writes on Twitter. “Even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we’ll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free.”

Friday CNN reportsSpaceX asked government permission to use its rockets. Additional terminals can be purchased at an additional costExpenses for internet services and sent to Ukraine. These expenses could amount to approximately $124 million by 2022, and almost $380 million in the next twelve months. Musk later added Twitter. that Starlink can’t fund services in Ukraine “indefinitely,” noting In another tweet that Starlink’s losing about $20 million a month to maintain its services.

Musk was subject to criticism After polling Twitter users whether Ukraine should achieve “peace” with Russia by surrendering Crimea and other annexed regions. This prompted a reply from Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany, Andrij Melnyk, Who said it? “fuck off is my very diplomatic reply.” Ukrainian vice prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov Later tweet that Musk “is among the world’s top private donors supporting Ukraine,” and that “Starlink is an essential element of our critical infrastructure.”