Musk says SpaceX cannot keep funding Ukraine Starlink

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Musk says SpaceX cannot keep funding Ukraine Starlink
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The tycoon asked the US to fund the satellite internet service instead of him, according to reports.

Elon Musk has said his rocket firm SpaceX cannot continue indefinitely paying for Ukraine's Starlink internet service in his latest spat with Kyiv.

Starlink works by providing broadband internet through a network of satellites. It has proven vital for Ukraine's military as it fights to retake Ukrainian land from Russia. "In addition to terminals, we have to create, launch, maintain & replenish satellites & ground stations," he wrote on Twitter.Ukraine's vice-Prime Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, downplayed tensions with Mr Musk, writing on Twitter that the billionaire "is among the world's top private donors supporting Ukraine".

Mr Musk has also suggested the world should "formally" recognise Crimea - illegally annexed by Moscow in 2014 - as part of Russia.

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