Elon Musk has accused Reuters of “lying” as he has denied reports by the news agency the US was threatening to cut off Starlink in Ukraine if President Volodymyr Zelensky does not sign the rare earth minerals deal.
The billionaire entrepreneur said the claim made by Reuters is “false” and accused the respected news agency of lying.
The Kyiv Independent wrote, the “US threatens to shit off Starlink if Ukraine won’t sign a minerals deal, sources tell Reuters.”
In response to this Musk wrote on X, “This is false.
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“Reuters is lying. They are only second to AP (Associated Propaganda) as legacy news liars.”
Starlink has proved to be essential on the battlefield for Ukrainian troops and the US President Donald Trump is threatening President Volodymyr Zelensky with Starlink to sign the deal in exchange for security guarantees, sources told Reuters.
The Starlink terminals have proven essential for communications in the war and in 2024 around 42,000 terminals were operational across, aid organisations, businesses, hospitals and the military.
A source told Reuters, “Ukraine runs on Starlink. They consider it their North Star.
“Losing Starlink … would be a massive blow.”
“Ukraine’s continued access to SpaceX-owned Starlink was brought up in discussions between U.S. and Ukrainian officials after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy turned down an initial proposal from U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent,” Reuters cited the sources.
