How Starlink Kept Ukraine Connected

Starlink Has Provided 12,000 Dishes To Keep Ukraine Connected

Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, said that Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starlink dishes have become an important part of his country’s cyber war versus Russia. 

At the 2022 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Fedorov shared that the SpaceX  has provided over 12,000 Starlink dishes to Ukraine. He also stated that the terminals are crucial to Ukraine’s information war on social media against Russia. 

Starlink's Crucial Role in the Ukraine 

Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation stated that Elon Musk provides Starlink dishes free of charge, reported Bloomberg. Although, Fedorov also added that there might be a different arrangement between the SpaceX CEO and the US Agency for International Development, and European entities for the Starlink dishes provided to Ukraine. 

Starlink has helped Ukraine provide accurate and true information about the ongoing war. Elon Musk tweeted that Starlink has resisted Russian cyber attack and continues satellite internet service to Ukraine.

Starlink has also allowed people to stay connected with family globally and helped the Ukrainian government continue to function to the best of it's ability. 

“All critical infrastructure uses Starlink, all structures that are needed for the state’s functioning use them,” Fedorov said. “We need to receive them constantly because they are one of the elements of the foundation of our fight and resilience,” Fedorov said.

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