‘Serious blow’: Ukraine commander fears loss of Starlink


A Ukrainian soldier gestures as he stands next to the Starlink satellite-based broadband system set-up in a village in the Kherson border region, outside of Mykolaiv on Oct 31, 2022. — AFP

KHERSON FRONT, Ukraine: Few took Elon Musk’s tweeted threat to stop funding Starlink in Ukraine as seriously as the commander in charge of communications along much of the southern front.

The world’s richest man last month took to his favourite social media platform – which he has since bought – to wonder why he should keep providing Ukraine with free satellite internet service.

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