government to take over funding his Starlink satellite network in the country, saying it has cost SpaceX $80 million and will exceed £100 million by year end. This is not the first time Musk’s actions have raised the ire of Ukraine and its supporters. Starlink bills itself as the “world’s first and largest satellite constellation using a low Earth orbit to deliver broadband internet capable of supporting streaming, online gaming, video calls and more.” It also says that it can provide connectivity “to the vast majority of the Earth’s oceans and seas.” “It was so people can watch Netflix and chill and get online for school and do good peaceful things, not drone strikes.” “Starlink was not meant to be involved in wars,” Musk told Isaacson, according to one of the released book excerpts. In the early months of the war, Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service became a lifeline to war-torn parts of Ukraine that lost connectivity due to heavy bombardment.īut the alleged use of the technology in combat operations appears to have changed that relationship. Moscow painted the peninsula, annexed from Ukraine in 2014, as a “red line” and threatened nuclear repercussions should it be attacked. Hong / AP fileĪlthough drone strikes on Russian territory and Crimea have now become a nearly daily occurrence, it was not the case late last year. Musk has drawn criticism from Kyiv before. NBC News has reached out to SpaceX and Zelenskyy’s office for comment. officials along with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. The book also delves into how Musk’s decision played out, alleging Musk spoke with top U.S. “If I had agreed to their request, then SpaceX would be explicitly complicit in a major act of war and conflict escalation.”Īccording to the excerpts from the new biography, it meant that Ukrainian submarine drones packed with explosives lost connectivity as they approached the Russian ships, and saw them “washed ashore harmlessly.” “The obvious intent being to sink most of the Russian fleet at anchor,” Musk added.
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