Elon Musk tweets on Starlink funding fight: 'We'll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free'

Elon Musk said successful a tweet Saturday that his institution SpaceX would proceed to money Starlink outer net terminals for the Ukrainian authorities arsenic it battles invading Russian forces.

"The hellhole with it," the billionaire tweeted, "even though Starlink is inactive losing wealth & different companies are getting billions of payer $, we'll conscionable support backing Ukraine govt for free."

It was not instantly wide whether Musk was being sarcastic. In effect to a tweet astir the move, Musk said, "we should inactive bash bully deeds." In a effect to different tweet saying that Musk had already paid taxes that are backing Ukraine's defense, he said, "Fate loves irony."

The tweets travel a connection from Musk connected Friday successful which helium said that SpaceX cannot proceed money Starlink terminals successful Ukraine "indefinitely," aft a study suggested his abstraction institution had asked the Pentagon to screen the costs.

SpaceX's donated Starlink net terminals person been important successful keeping Ukraine's subject online during the warfare against Russia, adjacent arsenic connection infrastructure gets destroyed

Musk did not instantly respond to requests for comment.