A man, with at least three blankets around him and a drink in his hand, sits on a chair on the side of a street. Next to him is a small picnic table with a starlink terminal on it.Image source, Reuters
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A man offers residents in Kherson, Ukraine, the use of his Starlink internet after a Russian strike

ByTiffany Wertheimer
  • Published17 minutes ago

Ukraine is in desperate need of a new satellite internet service, but a fast and reliable alternative to Elon Musk's Starlink network simply doesn't exist - yet.

Last week's sudden slowdown of the service in Ukraine, which affected Kyiv's ability to defend itself from Russian attacks, has shown how vulnerable the country can be, and sharply increased Europe's urgency to have its own military-grade satellite network.