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Billionaire Elon Musk says his space company SpaceX cannot keep funding its Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine „indefinitely“ and has sent a letter to the Pentagon to make that point.
SpaceX’s Starlink terminals have been an important resource for Ukraine’s military on the battlefield and it remains unclear what will happen if the service is stopped.
CNN was first to report that SpaceX had sent a letter to the Pentagon that it reported said „We are not in a position to further donate terminals to Ukraine, or fund the existing terminals for an indefinite period of time.“
Late Friday, Sabrina Singh, the Pentagon’s deputy press secretary, confirmed receipt of the letter that touched on the funding of Starlink.
„We can confirm the Department received correspondence from SpaceX about the funding of Starlink, their satellite communications product in Ukraine,“ Singh said in a statement. „We remain in communication with SpaceX about this and other topics.
