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Russia's Putin praises Elon Musk as an ‘outstanding person' and ‘talented businessman'
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Putin’s comments come after Musk said last week that he refused an emergency request by Ukraine to extend coverage of Starlink satellites to Crimea.
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk ordered engineers to shut off his Starlink network’s internet over Crimea in order to thwart a Ukrainian attack on Russia’s fleet.
Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, was worried attacks from Ukraine using Starlink satellites could increase the risk of nuclear war, according to biographer Walter Isaacson.
The tech honcho reportedly made the decision because he thought the Kremlin would respond to the attack with nuclear weapons, a fear that was based on conversations he had with senior Russian offic…
The Starlink satellite internet service, which is operated by Mr. Musk’s rocket company SpaceX, has been a digital lifeline for soldiers and civilians in Ukraine.
The world’s richest man says he declined to turn on Starlink internet there, highlighting his role in the conflict where the service is heavily used by Ukraine’s military.
Elon Musk on Thursday acknowledged turning off internet access from his Starlink satellites during a Ukrainian raid last year on a Russian naval fleet, saying he did so to prevent SpaceX from being…
Tech billionaire says Kyiv meant to sink fleet; biographer says SpaceX owner was warned by Russian ambassador that Crimea attack would lead to nuclear retaliation
Elon Musk says if he'd agreed to Ukraine's request for Starlink access during a planned drone attack on Russian ships, 'SpaceX would be explicitly complicit in a major act of war.'
The tech billionaire says he denied an "urgent" request from Ukraine to extend Starlink satellite coverage, to avoid complicity in a "major act of war."
The tech billionaire said Thursday that he had told his engineers not to turn on the Starlink satellite network over Crimea to prevent a planned attack on the Black Sea fleet last year.
An excerpt from a biography that said Musk denied Ukraine’s access to his Starlink internet system to thwart a drone attack against Russia was read and shared by CNN and other news organizations earlier this week.
Musk took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to clarify details about the incident, which were included in an excerpt of his forthcoming biography “Elon Musk.”
SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s refusal to allow Ukraine to use Starlink internet services to launch a surprise attack on Russian forces in Crimea last September has raised questions as to whether the U.S. military needs to be more explicit in future contracts that services or products it purchases could…
Elon Musk’s biography author Walter Isaacon already took to social media to “clarify” that the SpaceX CEO did not intervene with a Ukrainian military initiative that the author li…
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