SpaceX CONTINUES To Finance Starlink In Ukraine, LPR Officials: Elon Musk Maintains The Status Of The Terrorist Regime Sponsor

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko and his siblings Wladimir Klitschko posed with Starlink User Terminal shortly after the Russian invasion. (Wikimedia Commons/Kyivcity.gov.ua)

JAKARTA - Rodion Miroshnik, a representative from the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) in Moscow, said US businessman Elon Musk maintained his status as a sponsor of terrorism, after last weekend saying his SpaceX company would continue to finance Starlink telecommunications services in Ukraine.

"Musk, now officially, has maintained his status as a sponsor of the terrorist regime, which has caused losses so far," Miroshnik told TASS, as reported October 17.

"The Ukrainian regime is just a lap dog that has a master. The master in front of the Pentagon and the US Government is the biggest customer for Elon Musk's company. So, when my brother started to get out of the regime (President of Ukraine Vladimir) Zelensky, the master reacted," he explained.

"They pressured Musk and him, for fear of losing a major contract, forced to take an extra commitment to finance the constellation of satellites used to provide intelligence data to Ukrainian armed gangs," said Miroshnik.

As previously reported, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced on Saturday that his rocket company will continue to fund Starlink internet services in Ukraine. He mentioned one of the reasons, namely the need for 'good action'. In fact, the day before he said he could no longer do it.

"With that... even though Starlink still loses money & other companies get billions of dollars of taxpayers, we will continue to fund the Ukrainian government for free," Musk said via his Twitter account.

On Friday Musk said SpaceX could not fund Starlink indefinitely in Ukraine. While this internet service has helped civilians and the military stay online during the war with Russia.

The hell with it … even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we’ll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 15, 2022