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[ad_1] The Pentagon is talking to Elon Musk, who has threatened to stop funding Ukraine’s access to his Starlink system. (Bloomberg) -- The Pentagon confirmed it's talking with Elon Musk, who has threatened to stop funding Ukraine's access to his Starlink satellite communications system, but pointedly added that the US is also looking into other options.“We are engaged in talking with SpaceX,” the space exploration company owned by Musk, Defense Department spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told reporters Friday. At the same time, she said, the US, Ukraine and allies are also “assessing our options” with other communications companies. Musk, the world's richest person, threatened Friday to cut financial support for the Starlink high-speed broadband system that has become an essential communica...

[ad_1] Outside an apartment block dozens of people queue before a sign that reads "15 minutes of wifi", where an aid worker takes each phone and enters the password. Starved of news and contact with the outside world during six months of occupation by Russian forces, residents of recently liberated Izyum are grateful for a makeshift wifi spot in the shattered Ukrainian city.Outside an apartment block dozens of people queue before a sign that reads "15 minutes of wifi", where an aid worker takes each phone and enters the password. Izyum, a predominantly Russian-speaking city of about 50,000 people before the war, had been fully occupied since April until it was recaptured earlier this month during Kyiv's lightning counter-offe...

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Elon Musk’s Starlink Isn’t Only Option for Ukraine, Pentagon Says

Makeshift WiFi spot reconnects shattered Ukraine city