Tech billionaire Elon Musk says his company SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service has deployed to Ukraine and was sending more terminals to the country.
“Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route,” Musk says.
He was responding Ukraine’s vice prime minister and minister of digital transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov.
While you try to colonize 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 said to Musk on Twitter.
Internet monitors have said connection has taken a hit in some areas of Ukraine during the Russian invasion. Ukrainian officials and analysts feared Russia would cut off Ukraine’s connection to the outside world.
Musk said last month that Starlink had 1,469 active satellites and 272 “moving to operational orbits.”
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