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Elon Musk no longer wants to pay for the Internet for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, writes CNN.
"SpaceX satellite services are critically important for the Ukrainian army."
Approximately 20 thousand Starlink devices were donated to Ukraine. It cost SpaceX $80 million and will exceed $100 million by the end of the year.
SpaceX warned the Pentagon in a letter that it could stop funding the service in Ukraine if the US military did not take the costs on itself.
It is difficult to overestimate the impact of Starlink on combat operations. The Ukrainian Armed Forces use it not only for voice and electronic communication, but also for drone control and video transmission to adjust artillery fire.
In July, General Zaluzhny wrote a letter to Musk, praised the "exceptional usefulness" of Starlink and said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces deployed about 4,000 terminals. However, during the fighting, about 500 pieces per month are destroyed. Therefore, he asks for another 8 thousand devices.
SpaceX's demand that the