Zelenskyy awards Order of Freedom to Elon Musk

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has issued a decree awarding the Order of Freedom to American billionaire and SpaceX owner Elon Musk.

Source: Presidential decree No. 835/2026

Quote: "The Order of Freedom shall be awarded to Elon Musk, entrepreneur, engineer, and head of SpaceX and Tesla, United States of America."

Details: According to the decree, Musk received the award for outstanding personal contributions to the protection of human life and freedom and to the development of relations between the peoples of Ukraine and the United States.

Previously: The Atlantic reported earlier, citing associates of former Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, that Musk was refusing to grant Ukraine permission to use Starlink satellite internet to guide strikes on Russian territory, believing that the time had come for Ukraine to conclude a peace deal with Russia.

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