Musk came under Putin's influence: Ukrainian Americans try to stop launching SpaceX satellites
The coalition of Ukrainian US organizations tries not to allow SpaceX to launch more satellites, referring to the concerns about the founder of Ilon Mask with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the vague position of the government's efficiency department, the semi -fired consultative group of the selected President Donald Trump.
The committee representing more than 1 million Americans of Ukrainian descent has expressed concern that Ilon Musk can establish links with Putin, USA Today. Musk denies it. The Committee filed a request to FCC to reject any SpaceX applications because of the obvious conflict between the business interests of the mask and its new role in Donald Trump. Mask satellites were used in Ukraine's military operations.
The publication writes that today most of the country's communications are carried out through Starlink, since a large part of the mobile network was failed during the full -scale invasion of Russia in 2022. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky called Trump and Mask after his re -election through satellite communication. Musk proposed the idea of a peaceful plan on the Kremlin. The work of Starlink was also limited during military operations of the Armed Forces.
The secret calls between Mask and Putin were also reported. "We have no problem with his Twitter X platform or car production. We have a problem with the fact that he accepts one of the parties during an aggressive war against a country that has never been pushed anywhere," Arthur Belendyuk, Chief Lawyer of Ukrainian explained anywhere Coalitions. He also added that Musk "begins to play geopolitics and to do, in fact, foreign policy, which is not his work.
" The Wall Street Journal wrote that the chief military intelligence officer of Ukraine stated that Russian fighter jets were already using the mask satellites to their advantage. The billionaire called these accusations "categorically false. " The Ukrainian coalition is also concerned that the opportunities in Trump's government will allow him to put pressure on regulatory authorities to give preference to his companies.
The new chairman of the Trump Federal Commission and the current commissioner Brendan Carr stated that the agency would resume subsidies of $ 8888. 5 million for Starlink. Many experts have stated that a serious revision of federal expenditures is needed, and Musk can become the one who will do it. Recall that Ilon Musk led a four -year -old son to a meeting on the Capitol Hill. It was also reported that, according to CNN, the Russian troops leave Syria, the Kremlin asks Turkey for help.