Since the start of the war in Ukraine, billionaire Elon Musk, 50, has made no secret of his support for the people of President Zelensky. In early March, he responded to a call for help from a Ukrainian official and activated Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine. This system, which includes a constellation of more than 2,000 satellites in low Earth orbit, makes it possible to transmit Internet connections to satellite dishes around the world. An internet connection is therefore possible for Ukrainians, even in areas hit by attacks from the Russian army.
On Sunday evening, Elon Musk tweeted the information provided by Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency, to Russian media. Rogozin himself posted the statement on Telegram. He accuses Musk of providing Starlink equipment to what they call the “Azov Nazi Battalion” as well as branches of the Ukrainian military, “and for that you’ll have to answer in a grown-up way, Elon, no matter how crazy you act.”
The Tesla boss who is known for not keeping his tongue in his pocket, replied, as he often does: “If I die in mysterious circumstances, it made me happy to have known you”.
The billionaire said they had “resisted hacking and jamming attempts” from the Russians in April and that they were focusing SpaceX’s efforts on countermeasures – to the detriment of other projects.
Rogozin boasted this Sunday that “Russia might destroy all NATO countries”in half an hour, reports the Daily Mail.
