“Ukraine’s access to Starlink owned by SpaceX was discussed during meetings of US and Ukraine officials”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“We are already working on this, there are alternatives. We do not disclose, soon together with both the Ministry of Stratus and other our colleagues from the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces let us know how we will have these decisions. But there is an alternative, ”the minister said.
Earlier, the Reuters agency, citing its sources, reported that US negotiations that pressed on Kiev on access to critically important minerals of Ukraine have violated the likelihood of restricting the country’s access to a vital Satellite Internet Satellite Ilon Mask.
The continuation of Ukraine’s access to SpaceX was discussed during meetings of US officials and Ukraine after President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected the initial proposal of US Finance Minister Scott Bessent, sources said.
This issue was again raised on Thursday during a meeting of the US Special Representative for Ukraine Kellog and Zelensky, one of the sources said.
During the meeting, Ukraine reported that it was threatened by the inevitable termination of the service if it did not reach a mineral agreement, the source reported.
Officially, it was neither Kyiv nor Washington confirmed.
The day before, Poland’s digitalization Minister Krzysztof Gavkovsky reported that Poland bought Starlink terminals for Ukraine and pays for their work and that he “cannot imagine that someone could decide to break the business contract for a commercial service, which is Poland.”
Starlink provides an important connection to the Internet for the destroyed war of Ukraine and its military.