{"id":1690615,"date":"2022-10-15T17:06:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T21:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1690615"},"modified":"2022-10-15T17:07:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T21:07:17","slug":"the-hell-with-it-elon-musk-reverses-course-on-starlink-decision-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-hell-with-it-elon-musk-reverses-course-on-starlink-decision-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Hell With It\u2019: Elon Musk Reverses Course On Starlink Decision In Ukraine"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fthe-hell-with-it-elon-musk-reverses-course-on-starlink-decision-in-ukraine%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=1690615&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> reversed course Saturday on continuing to provide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine<\/a> with free Starlink satellite services in their war against invading Russian forces.<\/p>\n<p>Musk said Friday that he had decided to follow the \u201crecommendation\u201d of a Ukrainian diplomat who told him to \u201cf*** off,\u201d which came in response to Musk proposing a peace deal to end Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine, by saying that SpaceX would no longer fund its Starlink satellite internet terminals in Ukraine for free.<\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s statement Friday triggered enormous backlash among pro-Ukraine activists, who called for taking action against the billionaire entrepreneur. Musk has previously stated 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>\u201cThe hell with it,\u201d Musk said, \u201ceven though Starlink is still losing money &#038; other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we\u2019ll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The hell with it \u2026 even though Starlink is still losing money &#038; other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we\u2019ll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1581345747777179651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2022<\/a><\/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>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 SpaceX\u2019s director of government sales 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>Earlier this month, Musk conducted 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 dismissed as Ukraine\u2019s Ambassador to Germany, responded to Musk\u2019s proposal by writing: \u201cF*** off is my very diplomatic reply to you @elonmusk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Ukrainian journalist responded to Friday\u2019s 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.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk replied: \u201cWe\u2019re just following his recommendation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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<p><em>This is a developing news story; refresh the page for updates.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk reversed course Saturday on continuing to provide Ukraine with free Starlink satellite services in their war against invading Russian forces. Musk said Friday that he had decided to follow the \u201crecommendation\u201d of a Ukrainian diplomat who told him to \u201cf*** off,\u201d which came in response to Musk proposing a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1890346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1690615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_finder_url":"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-hell-with-it-elon-musk-reverses-course-on-starlink-decision-in-ukraine","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1690615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1890346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1690615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1690615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1690615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}