Elizabeth Warren Demands Probes of Elon Musk, SpaceX After Ukraine Revelations
Senator Elizabeth Warren is demanding an investigation into SpaceX after Elon Musk acknowledged he had blocked Ukraine from extending the private Starlink satellite network for an attack on Russian warships near the Crimean coast.
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Sen. Warren: Ukraine policy should not hinge on 'one billionaire' − Elon Musk. Live updates
Musk refused to provide Ukraine access to SpaceX's Starlink internet services for a possible attack on Russian warships. Updates.
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Elizabeth Warren Demands Probes of Elon Musk, SpaceX After Ukraine Revelations
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling for an investigation after Elon Musk denied Ukraine's military access to SpaceX's Starlink internet services, which prevented an attack on Russian warships last year, Bloomberg reported. Musk is one of several tech executives scheduled to meet with Warren and other lawmakers Wednesday in Washington.
"Congress needs to investigate what's happened here, and whether we have adequate tools to make sure foreign policy is conducted by the government and not by one billionaire," the Massachusetts Democrat said.
Musk’s refusal also means the U.S. military may need to be more explicit in future contracts because there is an "expectation" that goods and services could be used for combat, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said at an Air Force Association convention Monday in Maryland.
Musk said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, last week that he received an emergency request to activate Starlink all the way to Sevastopol, Ukraine. It was obvious that the goal was to "sink most of the Russian fleet at anchor," Musk wrote.
"If I had agreed to their request, then SpaceX would be explicitly complicit in a major act of war and conflict escalation," Musk said.
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Developments:
∎ Ukraine "successfully struck" a Russian drone base operating out of the occupied Donetsk region, the military’s Strategic Communications Directorate said on Telegram. No information on casualties or damage was immediately released.
∎ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vetoed a bill that would have allowed lawmakers to keep secret for one more year some of their assets. Zelenskyy wants immediate transparency, a crucial factor in Ukraine's efforts to join the European Union.
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