Washington, Oct. 22 -- US Vice President JD Vance has said Ukraine's access to SpaceX's military-grade Starshield satellite network depends on the US government's policy towards the war with Russia, not on company chief executive Elon Musk.

"Elon Musk runs a private corporation, and I think it's completely understandable that he doesn't want to get in the middle of what is a war between two state actors without the United States government effectively directing him on what to do," Vance told reporters. "I don't think this is about Elon. I think it's fundamentally what is America's policy in Ukraine and Russia going to be."Vance added that Washington was working on "some renewed negotiations".

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