{"id":1688901,"date":"2022-10-14T08:18:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T12:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1688901"},"modified":"2022-10-14T08:45:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T12:45:26","slug":"ukrainian-diplomat-told-elon-musk-to-f-off-musk-said-he-took-his-recommendation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-diplomat-told-elon-musk-to-f-off-musk-said-he-took-his-recommendation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian Diplomat Told Elon Musk To \u2018F*** Off.\u2019 Musk Said He Took His \u2018Recommendation.\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukrainian-diplomat-told-elon-musk-to-f-off-musk-said-he-took-his-recommendation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1688901&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said he followed the \u201crecommendation\u201d of a Ukrainian diplomat who told Musk to \u201cf*** off,\u201d which came in response to Musk proposing a peace deal to end Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine, referencing his September decision that SpaceX would no longer fund its Starlink satellite internet terminals in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1576969255031296000\">conducted<\/a> a non-scientific poll on Twitter on his peace plan, which involved the following four components:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRedo elections of annexed regions under UN supervision. Russia leaves if that is will of the people.\u201d\u201cCrimea formally part of Russia, as it has been since 1783 (until Khrushchev\u2019s mistake).\u201d\u201cWater supply to Crimea assured.\u201d\u201cUkraine remains neutral.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andrij Melnyk, who was recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/ukraine-zelenskyy-dismisses-ambassador-to-germany-as-it-happened\/a-62415445\">dismissed<\/a> as Ukraine\u2019s Ambassador to Germany, responded to Musk\u2019s proposal by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MelnykAndrij\/status\/1576977000178208768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">writing<\/a>: \u201cF*** off is my very diplomatic reply to you @elonmusk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk provided Ukraine with the Starlink terminals shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, and they made an immediate difference on the battlefield, allowing Ukraine\u2019s military to communicate and stay connected despite Russia destroying a lot of its communications infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/10\/14\/elon-musk-says-spacex-cannot-fund-starlink-in-ukraine-indefinitely.html#:~:text=cover%20the%20costs.-,SpaceX's%20donated%20Starlink%20internet%20terminals%20have%20been%20crucial%20in%20keeping,the%20end%20of%20the%20year.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a> that SpaceX\u2019s deployment of the satellites to Ukraine has cost the company \u201c$80 million and will exceed $100 million by the end of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/10\/13\/politics\/elon-musk-spacex-starlink-ukraine\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> Thursday that the charitable contributions are likely coming to end as the company warned the Department of Defense that it needs to start paying tens of millions of dollars per month to keep the terminals up and running.<\/p>\n<p>The report said that a September letter from SpaceX asked the Pentagon to pay for Ukraine\u2019s government to continue using the system which would cost \u201cmore than $120 million for the rest of the year and could cost close to $400 million for the next 12 months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX\u2019s director of government sales wrote told the Pentagon, \u201cWe are not in a position to further donate terminals to Ukraine, or fund the existing terminals for an indefinite period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Ukrainian journalist responded to the news by writing: \u201cElon Musk\u2019s Starlink says it can no longer afford to give Ukraine \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 free service and asks the Pentagon \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 to pay for it. Starlink had been a game changer in the war.\u00a0This comes days after Ukrainian Ambassador\u00a0@MelnykAndrij\u00a0told Musk to \u2018f*** off.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We\u2019re just following his recommendation \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1580819437824839681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re just following his recommendation \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1580819437824839681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Musk faced other nasty swipes from Ukrainian officials over his peace plan, including from President Volodymyr Zelensky, who conducted a poll on Twitter asking who people liked more, an Elon Musk that supported Ukraine or one that supported Russia.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Which <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a> do you like more?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 (@ZelenskyyUa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1577006943499350016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Which <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a> do you like more?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Volodymyr Zelenskyy \/ \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 (@ZelenskyyUa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1577006943499350016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said he followed the \u201crecommendation\u201d of a Ukrainian diplomat who told Musk to \u201cf*** off,\u201d which came in response to Musk proposing a peace deal to end Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine, referencing his September decision that SpaceX would no longer fund its Starlink satellite internet terminals in Ukraine. 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