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SpaceX Starlink lands DoD contract for Ukraine satellite services

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Department of Defense to buy services for Ukraine, according to the Pentagon. Elon Musk explains why SpaceX is asking the Pentagon to pay for Starlink service in Ukraine The aerospace company headed by CEO Elon Musk has received private donations and a separate contract with a U.S. Bad reporting by FT.

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Starlink support for Ukraine will exceed $100M by end of year

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Starlink support for Ukraine will exceed $100 million by the end of the year, Elon Musk said earlier today. The SpaceX CEO’s response was to an article by Financial Times that claimed that the Starlink terminals and services were paid for. The report follows the backlash that Elon Musk received for his Ukraine-Russia peace plan.

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On the ground in Ukraine using Starlink to stay connected

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Starlink is helping many people in Ukraine, including a friend of mine who is on the ground helping to train the military. She recently wrote an article in Vocal titled, Don’t forget how Starlink helped Ukraine since the beginning of the war. Gia Santos shared her story of how Starlink has helped her to stay connected.

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Stories of the War in Ukraine: Volodymyr

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Over the past week, The Institute has made contact with some of the 400 members of the IEEE Ukraine Section to help them share their experiences during the war. This personal account was written by Volodymyr Pyliavskyi , a senior researcher at the Odessa National Telecommunications Academy in Odessa, Ukraine.

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Ukraine Scrubbing Nuclear Agencies of Russian Influence

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Also of short-term concern is that Ukraine still relies heavily on Russian suppliers of nuclear fuel, waste handling, and parts. Moves to root out Russian threats within Ukraine are, however, sowing confusion as experts and officials point fingers at suspected collaborators and, in the process, at each other.

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Elon Musk confirms Russia is ramping its efforts to disrupt Starlink’s service in Ukraine

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SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service has become invaluable to Ukraine amidst the country’s ongoing war against Russia. According to Elon Musk, however, Russia has increased its efforts to disrupt Starlink’s service to Ukraine. Fortunately, Musk also stated that Russia has not been successful so far.

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The War in Ukraine Disrupts Trade in Both Food and Fuel

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought a stream of reports about the country’s energy exports. After the Soviet Union unraveled in the early 1990s, its wheatlands were divided between Russia and Ukraine. This article appears in the September 2022 print issue as “Fuel, Food, and War.”. Here are the basic facts.

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