Elon Musk ceases supporting Ukraine via paying for Starlink
thedailybeast.com
thedailybeast.com
Of course you expect it from the Daily Beast but the fact that it is shared at all suggests there's folk out there that will swallow the line. Turns out Musk has been subsiding the Starlink expansion of services to Ukraine, at a cost of some 100 million USD, a substantial donation to the Ukrainian cause in financial terms, never mind the enormous value it has provided in military terms.
His letter sent to the Pentagon a month ago states that indefinite support is untenable and reasonably requests DoD support by sharing at least some of the financial burden.
This is then spun into the headline 'Musk ceases supporting Ukraine', at best an inaccuracy, at worst misinformation
However yes he's had a hissy fit and the costs are mounting, and they're not minor costs. Two separate things, but they're happening at the same time which makes him look somewhat petty and mean. I think the former is right, he is being a bit petty, but I'm not sure about mean. He's done a huge amount for Ukraine, who can truly fairly demand that he _must_ do more? How much are most of us doing? As so often with Musk he's no saint, and certainly a sinner but he's also doing an incalculable amount of good.
~20K terminals x 8 months x $60 (subscription in Poland, thats what private Ukrainians are paying right now) = ~$10mil