Ukraine’s leaders thank Elon Musk for up to date supply of satellite-internet gear

Ukraines leaders have thanked SpaceX boss Elon Musk for the most recent supply of the corporate’s satellite-internet tools to the embattled nation.

The entrepreneur activated the corporate’s Starlink system over Ukraine within the days that adopted Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion and shared recommendation on Twitter with officers on the right way to maintain web within the nation operating whereas underneath assault.

Now Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s vice prime minister, who additionally oversees digital transformation, has once more taken to Twitter and posted {a photograph} of one other truck loaded with Starlink transmitters.

“Obtained the second cargo of Starlink stations! (Elon Musk) retains his phrase! Thanks for supporting Ukraine and peace in the whole world!” he tweeted.

The day after Russia’s assault Mr Fedorov first publicly messaged Mr Musk to ask him high assist present Starlink, a satellite-based web system that beams its sign into exhausting to succeed in areas of the world.

Simply 10 hours later the SpaceX CEO confirmed that Starlink had been activated and two days later the primary truck filled with terminals wanted to obtain the web sign arrived in Ukraine.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky additionally thanked Mr Musk for “supporting Ukraine with phrases and deeds”.

Mr Musk then warned Starlink customers in Ukraine that the techniques could also be focused by Russian troops and that the units must be lined with “mild camouflage” to cover them.

However the businessman has declined to dam pro-Russian information retailers, saying he would “not accomplish that except at gunpoint. Sorry to be a free speech absolutist.”