Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is targeting its internet as well along with its military and civilians. Help is on the way.
With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine’s internet was sent staggering. Georgia Tech’s Internet Outage Detection and Analysis (IODA) project, which monitors the internet, reported serious outages in Ukraine starting late on February 23. In response to this and other internet attacks, Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation, forlornly asked for help from SpaceX and Tesla billionaire Elon Musk. » We ask you to provide Ukraine with Starlink stations. » Musk’s response? » Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route. » Starlink is SpaceX’s low-earth orbit (LEO) high-speed internet service.
