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Musk denies that U.S. will drop Starlink support for Ukraine over minerals

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government may be threatening to turn off SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet in Ukraine unless the country agrees to a minerals deal, Elon Musk has responded by saying that the reports aren’t true. “Ukraine runs on Starlink,” one source said. Following a report that the U.S. “Reuters is lying. .”

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SpaceX’s Starlink dish with Gigabit Speeds leaves EU scrambling to catch up

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The Foreign Minister of Poland, Radoslaw Sikorski, accused Elon Musk of threatening to cut off Ukraine’s access to Starlink. The Polish Minister’s accusation came after Musk pointed out that Ukraine’s front line would collapse without Starlink. Sikorski interpreted Musk’s words as a threat.

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SpaceX has spent ~$80M on Starlink support for Ukraine thus far

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SpaceX has spent about $80 million on Starlink support in Ukraine since it started helping the country in its war with Russia. . The SpaceX CEO has received backlash recently for his Ukraine-Russia peace plan. Obviously, we are pro Ukraine,” clarified Elon Musk. . Our support for Russia is $0. Guess who is going to win?

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Elon Musk has provided 12,000 Starlink dishes to Ukraine

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At the 2022 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Fedorov shared that the SpaceX CEO has provided over 12,000 Starlink dishes to Ukraine. He also stated that the terminals are crucial to Ukraine’s information war on social media against Russia. . We will talk about digital Ukraine. And how we win in cyber war.

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SpaceX to provide Ukraine access to Starlink Starshield

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The Pentagon sent SpaceX a contract to expand its Starlink internet services in Ukraine. Starlinks Starshield wins contract with US Space Force Under the Pentagons new contract, Starlinks 2,500 terminals already functioning in Ukraine will gain access to Startshield.

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Ukraine confirms arrival of fresh batch of Elon Musk’s Starlink terminals

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Ukraine Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov recently confirmed that a fresh batch of Starlink terminals has arrived in the country. “A new batch of Starlink stations is already in Ukraine! . “A new batch of Starlink stations is already in Ukraine! Ukraine is the future!

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Elon Musk’s Starlink has about 150k daily users in Ukraine, confirms official

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Roughly 150,000 people are using Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet system in Ukraine every day, according to Digital minister Mykhailo Fedorov. To date, Starlink has provided Ukraine with stable internet access despite Russia’s efforts to disconnect the country from the World Wide Web. .

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