The uproar began when the Tesla and SpaceX chief executive officer Elon Musk shared a danger from a Russian official After he supplied equipment to Ukraine. The official vowed to make Musk pay:
“From the testament of the caught leader of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Army of Ukraine, Colonel Dmitry Kormyankov, it turns out that the net terminals of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite firm were provided to the militants of the Nazi Azov Squadron and also the Ukrainian Marines in Mariupol by army helicopters,” mentions the translated message, which Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russia’s space company, sent out to Russian media. “According to our information, the shipment of the Starlink tools was carried out by the Pentagon.
“Elon Musk, therefore, is associated with supplying the fascist forces in Ukraine with army communication equipment,” the message continues. “And for this, Elon, you will be held liable like an adult– despite how much you’ll play the fool.”
The word “Nazi” does not indicate what he appears to think it does pic.twitter.com/pk9SQhBOsG
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) Might 9, 2022
“If I die under strange situations, it’s behaved knowin ya,” Musk wrote shortly after.
Musk’s reaction established Twitter ablaze yet none much more so than his own mom that tweeted back to him “That’s not amusing”. He attempted to assure his mommy however let’s encounter it– Russian state television endangered to strike back versus Musk. That’s a mommy’s worse headache:
Sorry! I will do my ideal to survive.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 9, 2022
SpaceX has been delivering the internet to Ukraine through over 10,000Starlink dishes, which can receive the broadband from satellites orbiting the planet. The Ukrainian federal government claims it’s been deploying the dishes in areas struck hardest by Russia’s invasion, including at health centers as well as for army procedures.
Ukrainian soldiers have actually likewise praised SpaceX’s Starlink system. “I want to state something: Elon Musk’s Starlink is what altered the battle in Ukraine’s support,” one solider recently told journalist David Patrikarakos. “Russia went out of its method to explode all our comms. Currently they can not. Starlink works under Katyusha (rocket) fire, under weapons fire. It even works in Mariupol.”
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