U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused Poland's foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski of "making things up" and suggested on Sunday he was ungrateful, in a strong rebuke after Sikorski said Ukraine may need an alternative to the Starlink satellite service.

In a response to a post from Musk mentioning turning off the system, Sikorski implied that any threats to shut down Starlink would result in a search for other suppliers. Rubio quickly dismissed the claims that Musk would shut down the system and urged Sikorski to be grateful.

Marco Rubio and Elon Musk set aside their bad blood on Sunday to demand a “thank you” from Poland for the satellite internet services the billionaire’s Starlink provides to the Ukrainian army. In an X post bragging about how he once challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to a fistfight over the Ukraine war,