According to US media reports, last month, SpaceX company sent a letter to Pentagon , saying that it could no longer provide funds for the services of the " Starlink " project in Ukraine as before, and asked the US military to bear the cost, otherwise the company may stop funding Ukrainian side to use "Starlink". People familiar with the matter said that when Ukraine recovers a region, it will request Starlink to open services in that region.
After the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Ukraine has been using Musk's Starlink satellite terminal to receive intelligence from NATO in real time, and can also know the specific deployment of the Russian army. On the 7th, British media said that the continuous failures of Starlinks caused the frontline soldiers to panic, and some of them were in fierce battles, resulting in the Ukrainian army's "disaster" loss of contact while fighting the Russian army. A Ukrainian official said the disastrous communications interruption directly affected the situation on the front line.
Previously, Musk proposed a peace plan, and Ukraine publicly condemned it. In Odessa , Musk's large portrait on the street was covered, and the angry Ukrainian also pounced Musk as a Russian soldier. Musk changed from a hero who supported Ukraine to making everyone scolded him.
Then, Starlink continued to fail, which caused concern. Some people believe that Musk may have done something to do on Starlink service and took certain measures to respond to Ukraine's criticism of him. Musk responded that SpaceX is Starlink, which has spent more than 80 million US dollars, and what happened on the battlefield is confidential and there is no way to tell.
From Musk's remarks, it can be seen that the costs that should have been subsidized by the US government are currently SpaceX is subsidizing itself, and it may be difficult to continue. It seems that Musk does not want to continue to provide assistance to Ukraine, so there may be a good show to watch next. How long can the Wujun without Musk Starlink support last?
Some netizens said that Ukraine ignored its willingness to act as a pawn of the United States and provoked Russia's responsibility, and was also conducting moral kidnapping of Starlink Company . It is worth noting that Musk is not a private entrepreneur. Starlink's biggest function is not civil satellite communication, but to share real-time information and data in global networking when war breaks out. The next step of the "Starlink Project" will be fully integrated into the US military's space strategy.
