Musk: will keep funding Starlink for Ukraine, cites need for 'good deeds'

FILE PHOTO: SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks on a screen during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

(Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Saturday his rocket company SpaceX would continue to fund its Starlink internet service in Ukraine, citing the need for "good deeds," a day after he said it could no longer afford to do so.

Musk tweeted: "the hell with it ... even though starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we'll just keep funding ukraine govt for free".