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If I die under mysterious circumstances, it’s been nice knowin’ ya’: Elon Musk claims he’s being threatened by Russians after he provided internet to Ukraine

  • Musk, 50, has been using Starlink, a constellation of more than 2,000 satellites in low Earth orbit, beaming internet connections to dishes around the world 
  • Starlink has a particularly strong presence in Ukraine, introduced to keep the country online amid the ongoing Russian invasion 
  • Musk tweeted out information provided by Dmitry Rogozin, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, to the Russian media on Sunday night 
  • Rogozin accuses Musk of giving Starlink equipment to what they refer to as the ‘Nazi Azov Battalion’ as well as branches of the Ukrainian military
  • ‘And for this you will have to answer in an adult way, Elon, no matter how much you’ll play the fool’
  • The billionaire responded, as he often does, with his tongue pressed firmly in cheek: ‘If I die under mysterious circumstances, it’s been nice knowin’ ya’  
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