Ukraine confident Poland will keep funding Starlink at the front


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  • Wednesday, 27 Aug 2025

FILE PHOTO: A Ukrainian serviceman of the 47th brigade prepares a Starlink satellite internet systems at his positions at a front line in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 20, 2024. REUTERS/Inna Varenytsia/File Photo

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's deputy prime minister said he was confident of a solution to continue Poland's funding of 30,000 Starlink internet systems for Ukraine, after Poland said it might no longer be able to pay for them following a presidential veto.

Poland is the biggest donor of SpaceX's satellite internet devices to Ukraine. Kyiv uses tens of thousands of them across the frontline as a crucial communication tool resistant to hacking and jamming.

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