Ukraine Leans on Elon Musk s Starlink in Fight Against Russia – WSJ

BARVINKOVE, Ukraine Along much of the Ukraine-Russia front line, commercial cellphone towers providing voice and internet service have been knocked out by power outages, Russian shells and jamming.

But Elon Musk s Starlink service, which provides internet connectivity using a swarm of satellites, is up and running here. Mr. Musk has sent thousands of kits into Ukraine, turning the country into a high-profile testing ground for the service, which he is trying to sell in other countries around the world.

Ukrainian officials and officers at headquarters and in the field credit Starlink with keeping their forces connected.

Without Starlink, we would have been losing the war already, said one platoon commander on the Izyum front, where Russian forces are trying to push south to capture the Donbas region.

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