Billionaire Elon Musk says his company SpaceX will continue to fund Starlink internet service in Ukraine after he asked the US government to start footing the bill.
“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,” Musk tweeted on Saturday.
The move is a reversal for Musk who asked the Defense Department o take over funding for the Starlink network on Friday. Musk said Starlink’s operation in Ukraine was costing SpaceX about $20 million per month.
In a letter from SpaceX to the Pentagon, the company said that the use of Starlink in Ukraine could cost close to $400 million over the next 12 months, according to CNN.
Starlink provides crucial internet service for the Ukrainian government and the military amid Russia’s invasion.
