Starlink works under Katyusha fire, under artillery fire.” Russia went out of its way to blow up all our comms. While Starlink delivered an information lifeline to darkened swaths of the war-torn country, it also served as a link to enable Ukrainian military drones to target Russian tanks and positions more effectively.Ī Ukrainian soldier identified as Dima, whose last name was withheld for security reasons, told journalist David Patrikarakos that “Starlink is what changed the war in Ukraine’s favor.
Starlink in Ukraineĭays after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February, Musk announced that the Starlink satellite broadband internet service was being provided to Ukrainians. “As for what’s happening on the battlefield, that’s classified,” Musk added. “Bad reporting by FT,” Musk said, referring to the article’s claims that Starlink terminals and service had been paid for, adding that “only a small percentage have been.” In citing the Starlink costs, Musk was responding to a report from the Financial Times that claimed Ukrainian forces had reported Starlink outages during their military counteroffensive against Russia, hampering their efforts to retake territory captured by Russian forces. The rocket company has so far donated around 20,000 Starlink units to Ukraine, with Musk saying in an earlier post on Twitter that the move has cost SpaceX $80 million so far and would climb to over $100 million by the end of the year. SpaceX has not returned a request from The Epoch Times for confirmation of the contents of the reported letter to the Pentagon. The letter cited by CNN claimed that SpaceX told the Pentagon that it could not continue bearing the cost of supplying the Starlink service in Ukraine, which reportedly would be almost $400 million for the next 12 months. “SpaceX is not asking to recoup past expenses, but also cannot fund the existing system indefinitely *and* send several thousand more terminals that have data usage up to 100X greater than typical households,” Musk said in the post. Musk made the remarks in a post on Twitter as part of a thread that linked to a CNN report claiming that SpaceX had sent a letter to the Pentagon requesting it take over funding for Ukraine’s government and military use of Starlink. Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk said Friday that SpaceX cannot “indefinitely” fund the Starlink internet service in Ukraine, after a report said his rocket company had asked the Pentagon to cover the costs of the service that have helped Ukrainian forces with battlefield communications.
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