Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukraine will receive more Starlink satellite internet stations for “destroyed cities” after speaking with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
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“I spoke with @elonmusk. I am grateful to him for supporting Ukraine in word and deed. Next week we will receive another batch of Starlink systems for destroyed cities,” Zelensky said. tweeted Saturday.
“We discussed possible space projects. But I will talk about it after the war,” he added.
This comes after Musk said last week that SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service had been activated in Ukraine amid reports of internet outages in parts of the country.
A Ukrainian official tweeted to Musk asking for stations after the start of the Russian invasion.
“@elonmusk, while you are trying to colonize Mars, Russia is trying to occupy Ukraine! While your rockets are successfully landing from space, Russian rockets are attacking the citizens of Ukraine! We ask you to provide Ukraine with Starlink stations and call on sensible Russians to stand up,” Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Fedorov wrote on Twitter. Fedorov is also the country’s minister of digital transformation.
“Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. There will be more terminals along the way.” — Musk tweeted in reply.