Business News / Elon Musk did not sell Starlink, claim of using Russian military is wrong

Business News: Ukraine has made a big claim amid the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. Ukraine has accused SpaceX owner Elon Musk that Russian forces are using satellite internet in the territory occupied by Ukraine. This Starlight Internet belongs to Starlink of Elon Musk's SpaceX company. However, Elon Musk has called these news running in Ukrainian media completely fake. He said that SpaceX has not sold any Sterling to the Russian Army in any direct or indirect manner.

Ukraine's claim wrong - Musk

Ukraine's main military intelligence agency said on Sunday that the Starlink terminals were sent to help Ukraine after the war with Russia that began in February 2022, but Russian forces are using Starlink for internet services.

A number of false news reports claim that SpaceX is selling Starlink terminals to Russia.

This is categorically false.

To the best of our knowledge, no Starlinks have been sold directly or indirectly to Russia.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 11, 2024

At the same time, Starlink says that it does not do any kind of business with the Russian government or army. In a post on X on Sunday, Musk said that as per our knowledge no Starlink has been sold to Russia. Many false news have claimed that SpaceX is selling Starlink terminal to Russia, which is absolutely false.

Two Ukrainian government sources told Reuters news agency earlier this week that Starlink had been detected in use by Russian forces in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory. He said that Russian forces are using it to obtain data on a large scale.