Elon Musk backs off his threat to stop providing free Starlink internet service for Ukraine’s military

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MUSK: ‘THE HELL WITH IT’: In a tweet over the weekend, Tesla CEO Elon Musk appeared to withdraw his demand that the Pentagon — or someone else — pay for the Starlink internet access that has proven vital to Ukraine’s military command and control.

After tweeting Friday that his SpaceX company could no longer afford the $20 million a month to subsidize the satellite service, Musk came under withering criticism on social media from critics who believed he was acting out of spite because Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany had told him to f*** off on Twitter, in response to Musk’s proposed redo of referendums in Russian occupied areas of Ukraine

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