Elon Musk appeared keen to win back some goodwill from Kyiv after he sparked uproar earlier this month by floating a 'peace plan' which included new elections in regions illegally annexed by Vladimir Putin.
Starlink is a satellite internet company, priding itself on its ability to deliver superfast broadband to the world's most challenging environments - from rural areas with notoriously patchy network coverage, to - in the case of Ukraine - an active war zone.Operated by Musk's SpaceX company, it is powered by thousands of satellites in the Earth's low orbit, while receiver devices are used on the ground to make a connection and provide internet service.
Average download speeds have been clocked at 106 megabytes per second by the website thinkbroadband, which would be fast enough to get the latest version of FIFA on your PlayStation in just over eight minutes.Ukraine of course has bigger concerns than downloading video games or streaming films on Netflix.
has been reported on by the New York Times, and it has also helped restore communications in places liberated by Ukrainian troops.
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