News In Brief World News
News In Brief World News

Ukrainian Soldier says Elon Musk's Starlink Satellites 'changed the war in Ukraine's favor'

Share Us

524
Ukrainian Soldier says Elon Musk's Starlink Satellites 'changed the war in Ukraine's favor'
02 May 2022
6 min read

News Synopsis

Amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, a Ukrainian soldier said that Elon Musk's Starlink satellites "changed the war in Ukraine's favor". He said this as the Starlink satellite are assisting Ukraine’s troops to remain connected amid Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure. The comments of the Ukrainian soldier were reported by the British freelance journalist David Patrikarakos. David Patrikarakos was reporting from the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. According to the British journalist, Ukrainian soldier Dima said, "I want to say one thing: Elon Musk's Starlink is what changed the war in Ukraine's favor. Russia went out of its way to blow up all our comms. Now they can't. Starlink works under Katyusha fire, under artillery fire. It even works in Mariupol.”

Starlink is the satellite-based internet division of Musk owned space agency SpaceX. The World’s Richest man just after three days of Russian invasion announced that Starlink was activated in Ukraine and that terminals were on their way to the country. He made this announcement following Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov's request. The Vice Prime Minister asked the billionaire on Twitter to send the terminals. During that time, internet connectivity across the country was deteriorating due to Russian attacks