Elon Musk said Saturday his company SpaceX’s Starlink
satellite broadband service had been activated in Ukraine, after a Kyiv
official urged the tech titan to provide his embattled country with stations.
“Starlink service is now active in Ukraine,” Musk tweeted,
adding “more terminals en route.”
The tweet came some 10 hours after Ukrainian Minister of
Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov urged Musk to provide Starlink services
to Ukraine, days after it was invaded by neighboring Russia.
“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 tweeted at Musk.
He also called on the billionaire “to address sane Russians
to stand” against their government’s invasion.
Internet monitor NetBlocks said Ukraine has seen a “series
of significant disruptions to internet service” since Thursday, when Russia
launched military operations in the country.
Starlink operates a constellation of more than 2,000
satellites that aim to provide internet access across the planet.
The company on Friday launched a further 50 Starlink
satellites and many more are slated to be put into Earth’s orbit.
AFP
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