Musk reportedly volunteered the information during an October conversation with the Pentagon’s former top policy official about Ukrainian forces losing connection to SpaceX’s Starlink service as they entered territory contested by Russia.
Elon Musk told Pentagon officials during a call about the satellite-based Internet that SpaceX supplies to Ukraine’s military that he’d spoken personally with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the New YorkerMusk volunteered the information during an October conversation with Colin Kahl, then the Pentagon’s top policy official, about Ukrainian forces losing connection to Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Musk didn’t respond to an emailed request for comment. Kahl, who returned to a position at Stanford University“We’re aware of the coverage and interest in this and the department does contract with Starlink for services of this type,” Defense Department spokesman Jeff Jurgensen said in an email.
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