SpaceX Suspends Starlink Service to Ukraine, Cites Unpaid Bills
Elon Musk’s Starlink says it can no longer afford to give Ukraine 🇺🇦 free service and asks the Pentagon 🇺🇸 to pay for it. Starlink had been a game changer in the war.
This comes days after Ukrainian Ambassador @MelnykAndrij told Musk to “fuck off.”
— Jason Jay Smart (@officejjsmart) October 14, 2022
The system, which has been critical in both Command and Control (C2) and targeting of Russian ground forces to great effect, hasn’t been paid despite the billions of dollars of US aid and free weapons supplied to the Zelinsky government.
Zelinsky has since demanded more money.