Elon Musk says SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service is active in Ukraine with more terminals on the way

The move comes as Ukraine’s internet service has been disrupted by Russia’s invasion.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said his space company’s Starlink satellite internet service is available in Ukraine and more terminals to use it are on the way.

Musk made the statement on Twitter Saturday (Feb. 26) after being asked by a Ukrainian government official if SpaceX could provide more Starlink services to the country after Russian troops invaded Ukraine last week. Internet services in Ukraine has seen “significant disruptions” in the capital city of Kyiv and across much of the country due to Russian military operations and the ensuing fighting, the monitoring group Netblocks reported on Thursday (Feb. 24).

“@ElonMusk, 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 and to address sane Russians to stand,” Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who is also the country’s minister of digital transformation, asked Musk on Twitter Saturday.

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