# FT: Elon Musk willing to let Ukraine use Starlink to strike Russia

https://mins.news/en/item/38770

- Meduza, 2026-08-31 13:31 UTC
- World
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/31/ft-spacex-head-elon-musk-willing-to-let-ukraine-use-starlink-to-strike-russia

> Financial Times sources say Elon Musk told former Ukrainian defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov that he had no objection to Ukraine using Starlink-equipped drones to strike targets inside Russia, though the political decision would have to come from the White House. The account conflicts with a later report that Musk still refuses to permit such strikes.

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