Musk, the chief executive of the US space exploration technology company (SpaceX), on Saturday (22nd) refuted an earlier Reuters report that "the United States threatened to cut off SpaceX's'Starlink 'service to pressure Ukraine to exchange mineral extraction rights". He denied that "Reuters is lying". "This is false. Reuters is lying." Musk said in a post in response to the report on the social platform X that day, and accused Reuters of being "the second biggest news liar after the Associated Press". According to the latest Reuters report, in response to Musk's response, a Reuters spokesperson said the news agency stood by its report.