After a Kyiv official requested Elon Musk to supply his besieged country with stations, Musk announced Saturday that his Starlink satellite broadband service had been established in Ukraine.
“Starlink service is now operational in Ukraine,” Musk wrote on Twitter, adding that “additional terminals are on the way.”
The post came about ten hours after Ukrainian Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov encouraged Musk to extend Starlink services to Ukraine, only days after Russia occupied the country. He also urged the billionaire to “address sane Russians to stand” against the invasion by their government.
“While you try to colonise Mars — Russia try to occupy Ukraine! While your rockets successfully land from space — Russian rockets attack Ukrainian civil people! We ask you to provide Ukraine with Starlink stations,” Fedorov tweeted at Musk.
According to NetBlocks, Ukraine has seen “a series of substantial disruptions to internet access” since Russia began military operations in the nation on Thursday. Starlink is a satellite constellation of over 2,000 satellites that aims to provide internet access to people worldwide. On Friday, the business launched another 50 Starlink satellites into Earth’s orbit, with many more on the way.
For months, President Vladimir Putin denied he would invade his neighbour, but then he tore up a peace deal, sending forces across borders in Ukraine’s north, east and south. As the number of slow climbs, he stands accused of shattering the peace in Europe. What happens next could jeopardise the continent’s entire security structure.
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