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The Private Sector on the Front Line

The U.S. government, on the other hand, has missed critical opportunities to recognize these firms’ work in **Ukraine**. For instance, in September 2022, when SpaceX tried to shift the cost burden of Starlink service in Ukraine over to the Pentagon, after months of paying for most of it itself, media coverage framed the company as uncharitable—a characterization the U.S. government did not attempt to change. A year later, Musk was heavily criticized after he refused to activate Starlink for a Ukrainian drone operation in the Black Sea because he feared the operation would be too escalatory.

Matt Kaplan, Foreign Affairs