Ukrainian soldier says Elon Musk's Starlink satellites 'changed the war in Ukraine's favor'.

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Ukrainian soldier says Elon Musk's Starlink satellites 'changed the war in Ukraine's favor' as they're helping
troops stay online amid Russian strikes

A Ukrainian soldier said that Elon Musk's Starlink satellites "changed the war in Ukraine's favor" because they
were helping troops stay online amid Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure.

The soldier's comments were reported by the British freelance journalist David Patrikarakos, who was reporting
from the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.

"I want to say one thing: Elon Musk's Starlink is what changed the war in Ukraine's favor," said Dima, who said he
had been fighting alongside Ukrainian forces since March, according to Patrikarakos.

"Russia went out of its way to blow up all our comms. Now they can't. Starlink works under Katyusha fire, under
artillery fire. It even works in Mariupol," Dima said, per Patrikarakos.

As of last month, more than 5,000 Starlink internet terminals have been active in the country, The Washington
Post reported. Fedorov told The Post that Starlink has proved "very effective" for Ukraine amid the invasion.

The satellites have directly assisted Ukrainian forces in combat.

The Times of London reported last month that an elite Ukrainian drone unit is using Starlink to destroy dozens of Russian targets in the night time.

"If we use a drone with thermal vision at night, the drone must connect through Starlink to the artillery guy and
create target acquisition," the leader of the unit told The Times.