The letter arrives at a horrible time for Musk. He recently garnered criticism from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and ambassador Andrij Melnyk for suggesting a peace proposal that involved relinquishing Crimea to Russia. Musk even quipped that his company was “simply following [Melnyk’s] advise” to “fuck off” in response to the request. We’d add that Musk’s net worth of around $220 billion is more than Ukraine’s GDP in 2021 – there have been several requests for Musk to personally pay for the Starlink service. There are questions about SpaceX’s commitment to Ukraine’s war against Russia, and the financing request doesn’t help things.
