SpaceX will keep injecting money into Starlink to support Ukraine says Elon Musk
The world needs more people billionaires to support people who are in need. Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk is a generous man, over the weekend he announced that his Starlink, an internet service provider will continue supporting the people of Ukraine despite the company making a loss.
Musk tweeted: “the hell with it … even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we’ll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free”.
The service has helped civilians and the military stay online during the war with Russia.
Despite Musk’s willingness to help the people of Ukraine, he was also at loggerheads with some Ukraine officials over a peace deal with Russia. Ukrainian officials say Musk’s plan is one sided and is leaning towards Russia.
According to state-run news agency Ukrinform, Ukraine has 20,000 Starlink terminals that have been provided evenly by USAID, Poland, the European Union and private companies.
Poland purchased 11,700 Starlink terminals for Ukraine, including 5,000 acquired by state-controlled refiner PKN Orlen SA, according to Janusz Cieszynski, the government official in charge of cybersecurity.
