{"id":1701964,"date":"2022-10-19T06:05:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T10:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1701964"},"modified":"2022-10-19T07:18:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T11:18:23","slug":"eu-mulls-paying-for-elon-musks-starlink-internet-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eu-mulls-paying-for-elon-musks-starlink-internet-for-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Mulls Paying for Elon Musk\u2019s Starlink Internet for 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\">20<\/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%2Feu-mulls-paying-for-elon-musks-starlink-internet-for-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=1701964&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>European Union countries are discussing covering the costs of providing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-starlink\">Starlink<\/a> internet, a Lithuanian official told Politico, which comes as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-elon-musk\">Elon Musk<\/a>\u2019s rocket company SpaceX continues to pay for it but is looking for external funding to foot the bill for the service.<\/p>\n<p>Lithuania\u2019s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/eu-consider-pay-elon-musk-starlink-spacex-internet-ukraine\/\">told Politico in an interview<\/a> that the topic of funding Ukraine\u2019s Starlink service was raised during a meeting of the 27 EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Oct. 17.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI figured that it\u2019s probably way better to have this as a contractual agreement between, let\u2019s say, a coalition of countries that could purchase a service from Mr. Musk, the Starlink service, and provide it to the Ukrainians and keep on providing it to Ukrainians,\u201d\u00a0Landsbergis told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>He said the topic was raised by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and officials from other countries joined in the discussion, which he said was at an early stage.<\/p>\n<p>Landsbergis said in an earlier post on Twitter that continuing to provide Ukraine with Starlink internet, which has reportedly been a big factor in some of the country\u2019s battlefield successes against Russian forces, was \u201ctoo important to be left in the hands of one private individual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s find a way to form a coalition of Ukraine\u2019s allies to pay for Starlink, or let\u2019s find an alternative supplier. Lithuania is ready to contribute,\u201d\u00a0Landsbergis said in the post.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/elon-musk-says-spacex-cant-indefinitely-fund-internet-for-ukraine_4796217.html\">Musk said<\/a> SpaceX couldn\u2019t keep funding Ukraine\u2019s Starlink \u201cindefinitely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Tesla chief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/elon-musk-says-starlink-adding-donation-feature-after-ukraine-funding-controversy_4800686.html\">later said<\/a> his rocket company would be rolling out a donation feature so donors could help fund the provision of Starlink to places in need.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX has so far donated around 20,000 Starlink units to Ukraine, with Musk saying in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1578433482757271552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter that the move has cost the rocket company $80 million so far and would climb to over $100 million by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s remarks about not being able to fund Starlink to Ukraine \u201cindefinitely\u201d linked to a <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2022\/10\/13\/politics\/elon-musk-spacex-starlink-ukraine\/index.html\">CNN report claiming<\/a> SpaceX had asked the Pentagon to take over funding for Ukraine\u2019s government and military use of Starlink.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpaceX is not asking to recoup past expenses, but also cannot fund the existing system indefinitely *and* send several thousand more terminals that have data usage up to 100X greater than typical households,\u201d Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1580802376973230080\">said in the post<\/a>. \u201cThis is unreasonable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX has not returned a request from The Epoch Times for confirmation of the contents of the reported letter to the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>Days after Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in late February, Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1497701484003213317\">announced that<\/a> the Starlink satellite internet service was being provided to Ukrainians.<\/p>\n<p>While Starlink delivered an information lifeline to darkened swaths of the war-torn country, it also served as a link to enable Ukrainian military drones to target Russian tanks and positions more effectively.<\/p>\n<p>   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-tom-ozimek\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<p>Tom Ozimek has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education. 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