“The Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. The terminals are on the way.” Elon Musk wrote it on Twitter, and then he really did it: satellite broadband connection is now available in the country attacked by Russia. And the hardware to exploit it has also arrived, according to a photo published by the Ukrainian deputy prime minister.
Just Mykhailo Fedorov, on Twitter, had asked Musk for help directly: “While you try to colonize Mars, Russia tries to invade Ukraine! While your rockets successfully re-enter from Space, Russian rockets attack Ukrainian civilians! We ask you! to make Starlink available “.
Among the many problems facing Ukraine since it was besieged by the Russian armed forces are frequent power and internet outages. For this Fedorov asked Musk for help: the Starlink satellites, carried by SpaceX rockets, can guarantee the connection directly from Space.
In the boxes sent by Musk to Ukraine there are certainly the Starlink dishes, essential to receive the signal.