WASHINGTON, Feb 27, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - Elon Musk said Saturday his company
SpaceX's Starlink satellite broadband service had been activated in Ukraine,
after a Kyiv official urged the tech titan to provide his embattled country
with stations.

  "Starlink service is now active in Ukraine," Musk tweeted, adding "more
terminals en route."

  The tweet came some 10 hours after Ukrainian Minister of Digital
Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov urged Musk to provide Starlink services to
Ukraine, days after it was invaded by neighboring Russia.

  "While you try to colonize Mars -- Russia try to occupy Ukraine! While your
rockets successfully land from space -- Russian rockets attack Ukrainian
civil people! We ask you to provide Ukraine with Starlink stations," Fedorov
tweeted at Musk.

  He also called on the billionaire "to address sane Russians to stand"
against their government's invasion.

  Internet monitor NetBlocks said Ukraine has seen a "series of significant
disruptions to internet service" since Thursday, when Russia launched
military operations in the country.

  Starlink operates a constellation of more than 2,000 satellites that aim to
provide internet access across the planet.

  The company on Friday launched a further 50 Starlink satellites and many
more are slated to be put into Earth's orbit.