Verdict: False There is no evidence of the purported claim on either the U.S. Department of Defense’s website or SpaceX’s website. Musk has also never publicly mentioned any such joint project with the U.S. military.

Russia has lost as many as 25,000 soldiers in its invasion of Ukraine, with tens of thousands more injured, according to estimates from U.K. and U.S. officials. Russia’s economy will contract as much as 6% this year mostly because of international sanctions, the country’s central bank predicted. Thousands of educated professionals have fled the nation after the war began, according to news reports. Our ruling Putin stated that Russia has lost nothing since the country invaded neighboring Ukraine in February. Russia has suffered many losses. As many as 25,000 Russian soldiers are estimated to have died. Indicators from within Russia show the Russian economy has been damaged by international sanctions resulting from the war. And experts say thousands of Russians from many professional backgrounds, including tech and academia, have fled the nation. We rate Putin’s claim False.