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Fedorov publicly asks Musk for Starlink terminals

On 26 February 2022, two days into Russia's full-scale invasion, Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov publicly asked Elon Musk to supply Ukraine with Starlink stations so the country could reach satellite internet. Musk replied the same day that Starlink service was active in Ukraine and that more terminals were on their way; they arrived within days.

Mykhailo Fedorov (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 26 February 2022, two days into Russia's full-scale invasion, Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov publicly asked Elon Musk to supply Ukraine with Starlink stations so the country could reach satellite internet. Musk replied the same day that Starlink service was active in Ukraine and that more terminals were on their way; they arrived within days.

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  • Mykhailo Fedorov

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    Fedorov publicly asks Musk for Starlink terminals. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

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  1. 1.newsweek.com — sourcenewsweek.com · verified
  2. 2.pravda.com.ua — sourcepravda.com.ua · verified
  3. 3.independent.co.ukchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: fedorov+starlink+musk · verified
  4. 4.arstechnica.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: fedorov+starlink+musk · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Fedorov publicly asks Musk for Starlink terminals. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/fedorov-asks-musk-for-starlink-2022-02-26

https://factrail.ai/facts/fedorov-asks-musk-for-starlink-2022-02-26

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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