Musk backs down from demands for Starlink funding


FILE PHOTO: Tesla founder Elon Musk attends Offshore Northern Seas 2022 in Stavanger, Norway August 29, 2022. NTB/Carina Johansen via REUTERS/File Photo

NEW YORK: Elon Musk said Space Exploration Technologies Corp will continue to fund its Starlink broadband service in Ukraine in an apparent step back from seeking support from the US Defence Department.

The shift comes a day after Musk confirmed on Twitter that the closely held company had told the Pentagon it couldn’t indefinitely fund the system that’s helped Ukraine combat against Russia’s invasion.

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