Elon Musk pledges to keep Starlink internet running in Ukraine 'for free'

Elon Musk appeared keen to win back some goodwill from Kyiv after he sparked uproar earlier this month by floating a "peace plan" which included new elections in regions illegally annexed by Vladimir Putin. By Tom Acres, technology reporter Elon Musk has indicated that his SpaceX company will continue funding its Starlink internet service in Ukraine, a day after he said he couldn't fund the project. The world's richest man cited the need for "good deeds" as he performed the U-turn, having earlier said he could no longer afford to keep the satellite provider running in the war-torn nation. 'Kamikaze drones' fly over Kyiv - live war updates "The hell with it… even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we'll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free," he tweeted. Musk appeared keen to win back some goodwill from Kyiv, having sparked uproar earlier this month by floating a "peace plan" which included new elections in regions illegally ann